Study of umbilical and uterine arteries doppler velocimetry, biophysical profile, placental grading and maternal plasma fibronectin level in pre-eclampsia

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted on 30 preeclamptic patients and 20 well matched normotensive pregnant women. All studied cases were subjected to the study of umbilical and uterine arteries Doppler velocimetry, biophysical profile, placental grading, and maternal plasma fibronectin estimation. All these studied parameters with exception of placental grading, showed abnormal findings in pre- eclampsia. The umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry, fetal biophysical profile and maternal plasma fibronectin levels were significantly correlated with the severity of preeclampsia. The correlation between the different studied parameters and fetal outcome using Apgar scoring has been evaluated where fetal biophysical scoring proved to have the best accuracy. No significant results could be detected between the studied groups concerning placental grading and uterine artery velocimetry