750 cardiotocographic curves of the last 30 minutes prior to vaginal delivery were assessed retrospectively according to the CTG score after Hammacher et al. (6). The aim of this study was to examine the prognostic value of the CTG score with regard to the foetal acid-base stains. The results obtained showed a distinct interdependence between the CTG score and the risk of foetal acidosis. Correct interpretation of the CTG can be ensured only if all three different CTG parameters are considered. The most frequent and reliable pointers to the existence of foetal acidosis are the occurrence of severe variable or late decelerations which can be detected from an examination of the floating-line pattern.

The electrophoresis mobility test (EM) is credited with an accuracy of 70-90% for the diagnosis of gynaecological malignancies. The test was done in 21 patients with dysplasia of carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix, 34 patients without malignant or pre-malignant gynaecological findings and 27 women who were not in medical care at the time of the test. The correlation between the EM test and cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia was thus tested. In patients with dysplasia or carcinoma in situ of the cervix the test was positive in over 80%. False positive tests were found in 35% of the patients with non-malignant or pre-malignant gynaecological findings and in 11% of the 27 patients not in medical care. Despite the possibility of regression of the cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia an identical precentage of patients to those with invasive carcinomas of the cervix showed a positive EM test. The density of lymphocytic cells in the dysplastic epithelium of the cervix was also investigated. A correlation between the migration and inhibition in the EM test and the number of lymphocytic cells in the dysplastic epithelium was not found.

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