Significance of opaque discolored amniotic fluid at second-trimester amniocentesis.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1986
Abstract
From June 1978 to December 1983, 100 patients with viable pregnancies involving opaque, discolored, second-trimester amniotic fluid were identified. During this period 7018 genetic amniocenteses were performed for an incidence of discolored fluid of 1.4%. Compared with case matched control subjects there were no statistically significant differences in the incidence of elevated amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein, preterm labor, fetal distress during labor, intrauterine growth retardation, or stillbirth. The rate of spontaneous abortion (7 versus 0%; P less than .05) was increased in the discolored fluid group. The patients with discolored fluid also had an increased incidence of prior vaginal bleeding (P less than .001).
Volume
67
Issue
1
First Page
44
Last Page
46
ISSN
0029-7844
Published In/Presented At
Hess, L. W., Anderson, R. L., & Golbus, M. S. (1986). Significance of opaque discolored amniotic fluid at second-trimester amniocentesis. Obstetrics and gynecology, 67(1), 44–46.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
3940336
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article