title: [Is spectrophotometric analysis of the amniotic fluid a simple method for the determination of fetal pulmonary maturity? (author's transl)].
abstract: The samples of amniotic fluid from 55 transabdominal amniocenteses were examined with a simple spectrophotometric test for the predictive value on the risk of respiratory distress syndrome. There was a highly significant correlation between the lecithin content and the optical density of the amniotic fluid at 650 nm (r = 0.065 at p <0.001). No infant with an extinction threshold value of less than 0.15 had neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000649:Amniocentesis; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines
vernacular_title: Spektralphotometrische Analyse des Fruchtwassers; eine einfache Methode zur Bestimmung der fetalen Lungenreife?