Successful Outcome following Antepartum Amnioinfusion in Pregnancy Complicated with Severe Oligohydramnios with APLA Syndrome

Evaluation of Transabdominal Amnioinfusion in the Antepartum Management of Oligohydramnios Complicating Preterm Pregnancies

OBJECTIVES To assess the role of antepartum amnioinfusion in raising the amniotic fluid index and prolonging the pregnancy, and its effect on perinatal outcome in cases with pre term oligohydramnios. METHODS Seventeen singleton pregnancies from 24 to 34 weeks of gestation with amniotic fluid index of S5, were randomly allocated to two groups controls (nine women) and subjects (eight women). Tra...

Management of severe oligohydramnios with antepartum transabdominal amnioinfusion

Oligohydramnios during the Early Second Trimester

Oligohydramnios developing early in pregnancy is less common, and the fetal outcomes are usually poor. This is because prolonged decrease in amniotic fluid may cause compression sequences, such as pulmonary hypoplasia, muscle hypotrophy or joint constriction. Early-onset oligohydramnios may be caused by preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPROM) or decreased secretion of amniotic fluid. Ear...

Oligohydramnios and Pregnancy Outcome: Ten-Years Review

Oligohydramnios is frequently used to identify at risk fetuses. The purpose of this study was to assess adverse perinatal outcomes in oligohydramnios. Subjects comprised pregnant women diagnosed either with (590) or without (597) oligohydramnios who delivered after hospital admittance from 2000 to 2010 . Data, including the resuscitation of newborn, Apgar score at 5 min, NICU admission, death i...

Midtrimester preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM): expectant management or amnioinfusion for improving perinatal outcomes (PPROMEXIL – III trial)

BACKGROUND Babies born after midtrimester preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) are at risk to develop neonatal pulmonary hypoplasia. Perinatal mortality and morbidity after this complication is high. Oligohydramnios in the midtrimester following PPROM is considered to cause a delay in lung development. Repeated transabdominal amnioinfusion with the objective to alleviate oligohydramni...