Kitterman, Joseph A., Cheryl J. Chapin, Jeff N. Vanderbilt, Nicolas F. M. Porta, Louis M. Scavo, Leland G. Dobbs, Robert Ertsey, and Jon Goerke. Effects of oligohydramnios on lung growth and maturation in the fetal rat. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 282: L431–L439, 2002. First published October 5, 2001; 10.1152/ ajplung.00161.2001.—Oligohydramnios (OH) retards fetal lung growth by producin...

AIM. To revisit the role of first trimester homocysteine levels with the maternal and fetal outcome. METHODS. This was a cohort study comprising 100 antenatal women between 8 and 12 weeks of gestation. Serum homocysteine levels were checked after overnight fasting. RESULTS. There were significantly elevated homocysteine levels among women with prior history of hypertensive disorders of pregnanc...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to identify factors predicting histologic chorioamnionitis (HCA) in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively enrolled 371 women diagnosed with PPROM at less than 34 weeks of gestation at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University between January 2008 and December 2012. HCA was diag...

OBJECTIVE High risk pregnancies increase the risk of neonatal mortality and morbidity. In order to identify the influence of pregnancy complications on the period of neonatal stay in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs), an analysis has been carried out in our center. METHODS In a cross-sectional-descriptive analytical study, the data including NICU length of stay was gathered from 526 medic...

The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of performing chromosomal karyotype analysis using cells cultured from fetal bladder puncture liquid (FBPL). Therefore, FBPL was extracted from 9 fetuses under ultrasonographic guidance, including 3 cases with fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (megabladder and oligohydramnios) and 6 cases with multiple malformations. The cells obtaine...

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...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between amniotic fluid index (AFI) and perinatal outcomes in preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). METHOD A retrospective cohort study was conducted between 2008 and 2012. 86 pregnant women were included, with a diagnosis of PPROM and gestational age from 24 to 35 weeks. Women who presented hypertensive disorders, diabetes, fetuses with birth d...

This report covers 30 cases of prenatal diagnosis of uni- or bilateral hydronephrosis not associated with an overdistended bladder. Oligohydramnios was observed only in four cases while polyhydramnios occurred in three affected fetuses. In no case was fetal urine aspirated or drained prenatally. Early delivery was performed in four cases with oligohydramnios. Sixteen newborns required surgical ...

1. Case description A 23-year-old nulliparous woman was referred for fetal level II sonography owing to abnormal ultrasound findings, including skeletal anomalies and oligohydramnios at 20 weeks of gestation. Detailed evaluation of the fetus was difficult due to the absence of amniotic fluid. Thus, we infused normal saline into the amniotic cavity after amniocentesis for fetal karyotyping and f...

INTRODUCTION Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) can result in fetal complications such as oligohydramnios. This study aimed to determine the effects of intravenous (IV) fluid bolus on amniotic fluid index (AFI) in pregnant women with PPROM. METHODS 24 women with PPROM during singleton live pregnancy of 28 to 34 weeks whose baseline AFI was ≤ 5cm were randomized into two groups. Th...