The role of resistance index in fetal renal artery in causing oligohydramnios among overdue pregnant women | ||
| Mustansiriya Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 1, June 2014, Pages 14-19 | ||
| Author | ||
| Wisam Akram | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objectives; to know whether resistance index in fetal renal artery is significantly reduced among overdue pregnant women with oligohydramnios Methods; a total of 25 overdue pregnant women with oligohydramnios versus 25 with normal liquor were selected to participate in the study with their resistance index in the renal artery, umbilical artery and middle cerebral artery were measured Results; resistance index in the renal artery of the fetus was significantly higher among women with oligohydramnios than control normal women; 0.73±0.03 versus 0.70±0.01. No statistically significant change was observed among the two groups with regard to the umbilical artery and middle cerebral artery resistance index. Conclusion; since the fetal artery resistance index was found to be significantly higher among overdue pregnant women with oligohydramnios, this biometric variable may be used as a screening test for fetuses at risk of hypoxia. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| overdue; post term; renal artery blood flow; resistance index of renal artery | ||
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