Influence of oligohydramnios on perinatal infants / 解放军医学杂志

Objective To explore the effects of oligohydramnios in the late trimester of pregnancy on perinatal infants.Methods Two hundred and sixty-eight pregnant women with oligohydramnios,admitted from June 2000 to June 2007,were involved in present study,and homochronous 300 pregnant women with normal volume of amniotic fluid were enrolled as control group.The clinical data were analyzed to evaluate the influence of oligohydramnios on perinatal infants and on the outcome of delivery.Results The incidences of newborn distress,meconium-contaminated amniotic fluid,apnoea neonatorum,aspiration pneumonia and perinatal infant mortality were obviously higher in the oligohydramnios group than those in control group(P