Absence of end-diastolic umbilical artery blood flow predicts poor fetal outcome despite normal blood gases.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1989
Abstract
A case is reported in which the fetal acid-base status was assessed by means of cordocentesis in a fetus without end-diastolic umbilical artery blood flow. The absence of end-diastolic flow was not associated with acidosis or hypoxia. However, the fetal condition deteriorated 3 days later, which suggests that even with a normal fetal acid-base status, an extended margin of safety cannot be assumed with the absence of end-diastolic umbilical flow.
Volume
160
Issue
1
First Page
197
Last Page
197
ISSN
0002-9378
Published In/Presented At
Warren, W., Ronkin, S., Chayen, B., Needleman, L., & Wapner, R. J. (1989). Absence of end-diastolic umbilical artery blood flow predicts poor fetal outcome despite normal blood gases. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 160(1), 197. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9378(89)90119-1
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
2643324
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article