| Title | Perinatal outcome of oligohydramnios without associated premature rupture of membranes and fetal anomalies. | | Author(s) | Hsieh TT, Hung TH, Chen KC, Hsieh CC, Lo LM, Chiu TH | | Institution | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. | | Source | Gynecol Obstet Invest 1998; 45(4):232-6. | | MeSH | Abnormalities
Cohort Studies
Female
Fetal Death
Fetal Diseases
Fetal Growth Retardation
Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
Gestational Age
Humans
Hypertension
Intensive Care, Neonatal
Maternal Age
Obstetric Labor, Premature
Oligohydramnios
Parity
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy Outcome
Pregnancy, High-Risk
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
| | Abstract | To investigate the perinatal outcome of patients with oligohydramnios (amniotic fluid index < or = 5 cm), but without premature rupture of membranes and fetal congenital anomalies, data from 245 singleton pregnancies were analyzed and compared to those with normal amniotic fluid volumes (5 < amniotic fluid index < 24 cm, n=27,261). Significantly higher incidences of primiparity, pregnancy-induced hypertension, premature separation of placenta, past history of intrauterine fetal death, past history of preterm delivery, postterm pregnancy, and advanced maternal age were noted to be associated with the occurrence of oligohydramnios. Pregnancies complicated by a markedly diminished amniotic fluid volume assessed antenatally by ultrasound were significantly more frequently associated with adverse perinatal outcomes such as preterm delivery, low or very low birth weight, low Apgar scores, intrauterine fetal death, small-for-gestational-age newborns, meconium staining, cesarean delivery, neonatal intensive care, and neonatal death. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 9623787 |
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