title: Measurement of phosphatidyl glycerol in amniotic fluid. Results in clinical practice.
abstract: A relatively rapid, unidimensional method of measuring phosphatidyl glycerol (PG) in amniotic fluid in order to assess pulmonary maturity was compared with measurement of the lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio and the bubble test. Measurement of PG alone gave a higher predictive value (95%) than the L/S ratio while maintaining a low ratio rate of false-positive (2,3%) and false-negative results (3,1%).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005325:Fetal Organ Maturity; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000196:embryology; D008297:Male; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols