Are blood glucose controls performed with portable dosimeters valid?
Portable glycaemia dosimeters are very useful in following up diabetic patients because of their high reliability, but are not useful in the diagnosis of diabetes because of their lack of accuracy. Before beginning to use a portable dosimeter, its characteristics in terms of reliability and validity must be known, in order to evaluate correctly its findings.
In places where planned vaginal delivery is a common practice and when strict criteria are met before and during labor, planned vaginal delivery of singleton fetuses in breech presentation at term remains a safe option that can be offered to women.