Background: Oligohydramnios is a relatively common complication of pregnancy and such case often encountered in clinical practice. to describe pregnancies with AFI <5 borderline/ low normal amniotic fluid volume 5 8 (4) Alternatively, some clinicians prefer the single vertical pocket (SVP) severe oligohydramnios defined as SVP less than 1 mild 2 Aim this current study sought determine relation ...

Occasionally there is a drug whose record in pregnancy is so frequently associated with adverse outcome of so specific a pattern that it becomes clear that its use must be restricted before scientific proof from epidemiological studies is obtained. I believe this to be the case with the drug class of ACEIs. There are mammalian models suggesting substantial fetotoxicity in a dose-related fashion...

We aimed to discuss the prenatal diagnosis and pathological features of sirenomelia, and to review current embryogenic theories. We observed two sirenomelic fetuses that were at the 19th and 16th gestational week respectively. In the former, transvaginal ultrasound revealed severe oligohydramnios and internal abortion, whereas bilateral renal agenesis, absence of a normally tapered lumbosacral ...

BACKGROUND Vaginal breech delivery is associated with adverse perinatal outcome. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with adverse perinatal outcome in term breech pregnancies, and to provide clinicians an aid in selecting women for a trial of vaginal labor with the fetus in breech position. METHODS We conducted a retrospective, nationwide, Finnish population-based case-co...