title: [Evaluation of neonatal prognosis using Doppler velocimeter in cases of a high risk fetus].
abstract: The authors describe the main characteristics of the Doppler method in the early diagnosis of chronic fetal distress, and report their personal results in the study of 51 high risk pregnancies. In their study the fetal doppler ultrasound findings were correlated with birth weight related to gestational age, and neonatal morbidity. The parameters established from the doppler ultrasound assessment were the placenta resistance (calculated from the formula of Pourcelot: R = S-D/S applied to the umbilical artery) and the cerebro-placental index, Rp/Rc, Rc being the index of cerebral arterial resistance. The diagnosis performance of the method appeared very good: the Rp index was found to be highly specific for hypotrophy (85,7%) and for neonatal morbidity (90%), the RCP index adding its own good sensitivity (85% for hypotrophy and 83,3% for neonatal morbidity). The authors conclude upon the interest to study simultaneously the fetal umbilical and cerebral arterial circulations. The pathological significance of the two indexes appears different so that they are to be complementary in the evaluation of fetal distress.
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie obstétrique, hôpital Aziza Othmana, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferchiou-Cherif
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhioua
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hafsia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hamdoun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jedoui
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meriah
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
vernacular_title: Evaluation du pronostic néonatal par la vélocimétrie Doppler des foetus à haut risque.