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Growth deficient fetuses with absent or reversed umbilical artery end-diastolic flow are metabolically compromised. 1995

H Steiner, and A Staudach, and D Spitzer, and K H Schaffer, and A Gregg, and C P Weiner
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Hospital Salzburg, Frauenklinik, Austria.

Controversy continues regarding the clinical relevance of absent or reversed umbilical artery blood flow during diastole. The purpose of this study was to characterize the blood gas and lactate measurements of growth deficient fetuses with absent (ADF) or reversed (RDF) umbilical artery (UA) diastolic flow. In a descriptive study from February 1988 through October 1991, 42 consecutive structurally and karyotypically normal growth deficient fetuses identified to have either ADF or RDF diastolic flow in the UA were studied. Heparinized blood specimens were obtained from them and the pH, PCO2, PO2 and lactate measured. Fourteen of these specimens were obtained from the umbilical vein by cordocentesis and 28 at the caesarean delivery of non-labouring patients. Statistical analyses were performed using Fisher's exact test, Student t-test and linear correlation. All measured parameters in fetuses with ADF or RDF undergoing cordocentesis were significantly abnormal compared to gestational age corrected norms. Both the mean venous and arterial pH of fetuses with RDF were significantly lower than that of fetuses with ADF. With few exceptions, preoperative maternal oxygenation failed to correct the fetal hypoxaemia associated with either ADF or RDF. In the setting of severe fetal growth deficiency secondary to uteroplacental dysfunction, ADF and RDF are clinically reliable indicators of fetal compromise as determined by the umbilical blood gases. RDF is associated with a greater impairment of placental gas exchange than ADF.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007773 Lactates Salts or esters of LACTIC ACID containing the general formula CH3CHOHCOOR.
D010100 Oxygen An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. Dioxygen,Oxygen-16,Oxygen 16
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D012039 Regional Blood Flow The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body. Blood Flow, Regional,Blood Flows, Regional,Flow, Regional Blood,Flows, Regional Blood,Regional Blood Flows
D002245 Carbon Dioxide A colorless, odorless gas that can be formed by the body and is necessary for the respiration cycle of plants and animals. Carbonic Anhydride,Anhydride, Carbonic,Dioxide, Carbon
D002585 Cesarean Section Extraction of the FETUS by means of abdominal HYSTEROTOMY. Abdominal Delivery,Delivery, Abdominal,C-Section (OB),Caesarean Section,Postcesarean Section,Abdominal Deliveries,C Section (OB),C-Sections (OB),Caesarean Sections,Cesarean Sections,Deliveries, Abdominal
D003971 Diastole Post-systolic relaxation of the HEART, especially the HEART VENTRICLES. Diastoles
D005260 Female Females
D005317 Fetal Growth Retardation Failure of a FETUS to attain expected GROWTH. Growth Retardation, Intrauterine,Intrauterine Growth Retardation,Fetal Growth Restriction,Intrauterine Growth Restriction
D005865 Gestational Age The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated from the onset of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization. It is also estimated to begin from fertilization, estrus, coitus, or artificial insemination. Embryologic Age,Fetal Maturity, Chronologic,Chronologic Fetal Maturity,Fetal Age,Maturity, Chronologic Fetal,Age, Embryologic,Age, Fetal,Age, Gestational,Ages, Embryologic,Ages, Fetal,Ages, Gestational,Embryologic Ages,Fetal Ages,Gestational Ages

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