title: [Analysis of clinical usefulness of the cytologic smear results for pregnant women using the Bethesda system].
abstract: The aim of this paper was to analyse the clinical usefulness of cytological smear results for pregnant women by use of Bethesda system. The examinations were carried for 5 years and correct results of cytological assays were achieved from 3265 patients. Low and high grade squamous intraepithelial cells were reported in 4.91% of pregnant patients. A relation between the number of childbirth and the degree of cytological variation in squamous epithelium was observed. The age of a pregnant woman and size of pregnancy do not influence the cytological result. It was reported that the Bethesda system for cytological smears is characterised by high clinical usefulness while done within the pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Ginekologii w Zabrzu SAM w Katowicach.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dudkiewicz
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waksmański
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cieślak-Steć
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Korzeniowska-Kumaszka
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000592:standards*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000473:pathology*