Is measurement of placental function and maternal weight worth while?
A prospective survey of 1029 women delivered during 1976 at St. Bartholomew's Hospital was undertaken to assess the predictive value of a variety of clinical, ultrasonic, and biochemical variables in the detection of high-risk pregnancies. The best antenatal predictors of fetal risk were severe pre-eclampsia, depressed maternal serum levels of human placental lactogen, low maternal weight at 32 weeks' gestation, and heavy smoking by the mother. 62% of the high-fetal risk group had one or more of these features, but so did 33% of the controls.
D001835:Body Weight; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010925:Placental Function Tests; D010928:Placental Lactogen / Q000097:blood; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology
D010928:Placental Lactogen