Do diet and exercise improve chemoreflex sensitivity in patients with metabolic syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea?
Sympathetic peripheral and ventilatory central chemoreflex sensitivity was improved by D+ET in MetS+OSA patients, which may be associated with improvement in sleep pattern.
The risk of spontaneous labor before 37 weeks after late amniocentesis is 4% (2% before 36 weeks). This technique provides a late but safe reassurance to women who are unwilling to accept the risks of earlier fetal karyotyping. This is of interest to countries such as France where legislation permits late termination of pregnancy.