Pregnancy outcome in low risk pregnancy with decreased amniotic fluid index

Pregnancy Outcome in Amniotic Fluid Index Less than 5 in Term Low-Risk Pregnancy

Background: To know the adverse pregnancy outcome in term low-risk pregnancy with oligohydramnios (amniotic fluid index [AFI] <5). Materials and Methods: A case-control study on pregnancy outcome in 50 women with the ultrasound diagnosis of oligohydramnios after 37 completed weeks of gestation compared with 50 controls with no oligohydramnios matched with age and parity. Results: Increased chan...

Role of amniotic fluid index in pregnancy outcome

Background: Amniotic fluid is vital to the well significant impact on pregnancy and fetus, it prompted us to ca find out its effect on pregnancy outcome. Aim and objectives: To find out incidence of polyhydramnios and oligohydramnios in our setup and to study possible etiological factors for abnormal AFI. Material and methods: We performed a study on 200 patients over a period of one year. Deta...

Low amniotic fluid index in high-risk pregnancy and poor apgar score at birth.

OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of antepartum Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) of < or = 5 cm as a predictor of adverse outcome at birth in high-risk pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit I, Holy Family Hospital and Railway Teaching Hospital Complex, Rawalpindi, from February 2003 to January 2004. METHODOLOGY One hundred...

Amniotic fluid index in low-risk pregnancy as an admission test to the labor ward.

BACKGROUND Oligohydramnios has been shown to be a predictor of intrapartal fetal distress. In a selected group of low-risk pregnancies, however, it has not yet been established that oligohydramnios contributes to intrapartal fetal distress. METHODS Ultrasonically estimated four-quadrant amniotic fluid index as a test for admission to the labor ward was evaluated as a predictive factor for fet...

Amniotic fluid cytokines predict pregnancy outcome: myth or reality?