ova dva istrazivanja se, izmdju ostaloga, odnose na upotrebu umjetnog oksitocina za indukciju poroda:


Autistic Children (New hope for a cure)

AUTHOR Tinbergen N & EA

REFERENCE Allen and Unwin, London; 1983

PLACE OF STUDY Oxford, England (world-wide cases considered)

ABSTRACT In one chapter of this book the authors give a list of potentially 'autismogenic' factors. Among these factors they mention difficult forceps delivery, breathing stimulation at birth and induced labor. These studies were conducted with the method used in ethology, that is to say 'field observation'. Let us recall that Nobel Prize winner Tinbergen is one of the founders of the science of comparative ethology.

KEYWORDS *Autism, *forceps delivery, *breathing stimulation, *labour induction

DISCUSSION The study of autismogenic factors is not presented in a statistical manner. There is no control group. See entry 0012.



NTRY NO. 0012

TITLE Autistic and developmental disorders after general anaesthetic delivery

AUTHOR Hattori R, et al

REFERENCE Lancet 1991; 337 : 1357-1358 (letter)

PLACE OF STUDY Japan

ABSTRACT Children born in a certain hospital in Japan were more at risk of becoming autistic. In this hospital children were usually delivered by the 'Kitasato University method' which is characterised by a complex combination of sedatives, anaesthetic agents and analgesics together with a planned delivery induced by oxytocin or prostaglandins a week before the expected date of delivery.

KEYWORDS *autism, *obstetric medication, *labour induction, *oxytocin, *obstetric analgesia, *Kitasato University method