Perinatal fetal outcome in mild polyhydramnios
New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1993; 9 (2): 458-60
in English
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ABSTRACT
Mild polyhydramnios was defined sonographically as an amniotic fluid index of 24.1-39.9 during fetal biophysical testing. All subjects had singleton gestations not complicated by conditions known to predispose to polyhydramnios. Mild polyhydramnios was diagnosed in 48 of 279 patients [8.2%] undergoing fetal testing at 26-42 gestational weeks. Premature delivery, intrapartum complications, and neonatal depression were no more frequent in the pregnancies complicated by mild, unexplained polyhydramnios than in a comparable control group with normal fluid volume. The mild polyhydramnios group showed a significantly higher incidence of birth weight greater than 4000 g than did the control group [18.66 versus 8.6%, P <0.05]. It was concluded that mild idiopathic polyhydramnios in late gestation is relatively common. Except for a higher incidence of large for gestational age fetuses, this condition by itself is not associated with an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes:
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Infant Mortality
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
New Egypt. J. Med.
Year:
1993
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