Impact of gestational age on prenatal ultrasonic diagnosis of fetal ascites and fetus' outcome / 中国医学影像技术

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the impact of gestational age on prenatal ultrasonic diagnosis of fetal ascites and fetus' outcome. Methods: Totally 58 pregnant women (58 fetuses) with fetal peritoneal effusion diagnosed with ultrasound were divided into 2 groups according to the gestational weeks of the first discovery of fetal peritoneal effusion, group (0.05). Pregnancy was terminated in 12 cases (12/20, 60.00%) in group and 10 cases (10/38, 26.32%) in group Ⅱ. Seven cases (7/20, 35.00%)in group and 20 cases (20/38, 52.63%) in group Ⅱ had good fetal outcome, but 5 newborns (5/38, 13.16%) died within 7 days after birth in group Ⅱ. The rate of termination in group was higher than that in group Ⅱ (χ2=6.32, P=0.01). Conclusion: Gestational age has impact on prenatal diagnosis and outcome of fetus with ascites.