[Performance of routine Doppler studies for screening of the fetus in de uterus in the 3d trimester of pregnancy].
We did screening Doppler investigations of the foetus circulation during the third trimester of pregnancy, and established reference curves for Resistance and Pulsatility Indexes of the umbilical and middle cerebral as well as for the ratios of these indexes. We compared these indexes in groups of fetuses with different characteristics at birth. It turned out that low birth-weight, or the presence of dips in the fetal heart rate during labor is associated with some distinctive anomalies of the measured indexes compared with the control group with a normal birth-weight and no deceleration during labor.
Thomas
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Service de Gynécologie-obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier d'Etterbeek-Ixelles, maternité d'Ixelles, Bruxelles.
Makhoul
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Bresco
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D000328:Adult; D001775:Blood Circulation; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012016:Reference Values; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*; D014469:Umbilical Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Intérêt de la réalisation en routine d'un examen Doppler de screening chez les foetus in utero au troisième trimestre de la grossesse.