title: [Gestational age and birth weight. 3. Ponderal Index, fetal acid-base metabolism and hypotrophy].
abstract: 3rd communication: Ponderal-Index, fetal acid-base balance, acidotic risk and minimal placental weight (MPW). The Ponderal-Index of Rohrer (RI), the weight-centile of the newborn and the fetal weight-length-coefficient (FWLC) were evaluated and compared as to the correlation with the variables of the fetal acid-base balance. Using the example of continuous nicotine abuse in pregnancy, a new variable, the minimal placental weight (MPW), was defined. Its clinical applicability was preliminarily tested on the basis of selected cases. RI, FWLC and fetal weight-centiles show highly significant correlations with variables of the fetal acid-base balance. The closest statistical correlation was found for the fetal weight-centile. RI and FWLC did not proof to offer any advantages over this variable. The curve of the acidotic risk of the newborn showed a u-shaped distribution with maximum values in SGA-infants as well as macrosomic babies. Complex umbilical cord-entanglement were more frequently encountered in SGA-fetuses. Macrosomic infants did not show an increased risk in this respect. The preliminary data of this evaluation suggest a predictive value of the MPW for the acidotic risk of the newborn.
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik des Kreiskrankenhauses Detmold.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Roemer
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kieback
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bühler
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Köhling
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D001724:Birth Weight; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000737:chemistry; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000503:physiopathology; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009929:Organ Size; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010920:Placenta / Q000033:anatomy & histology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Gestationsalter und Geburtsgewicht. 3. Mitteilung: Ponderal-Index, fetaler Säure-Basen-Haushalt und Hypotrophie.