Objective The objective of this article is to evaluate hemodynamic changes among fetuses with isolated absent ductus venosus (IADV) diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography.
Patients and MethodsFetuses with prenatal diagnosis of IADV were recruited and followed. Hemodynamic assessment was performed in all cases, including measurement of cardiac dimensions, shortening fraction, myocardial performance index, preload index in the inferior vena cava and the presence of venous pulsations in the umbilical vein (UV).Results Nine fetuses of IADV were assessed, including six cases with extra-hepatic UV drainage and three with intrahepatic drainage. All fetuses with extra-hepatic UV drainage showed an elevated preload index in the inferior vena cava, venous pulsations in the UV and cardiomegaly. Of them, four had hydrops, two showed poor cardiac function and three resulted in perinatal mortality. Three cases with intra-hepatic drainage had continuous flow in the UV, normal in all hemodynamic parameters and all survived.Conclusion Hemodynamic assessment of fetuses with IADV was helpful in predicting the development of hydrops and perinatal mortality. The poor prognostic factors included cardiac overload, cardiomegaly, poor myocardial performance, increased preload, the presence of venous pulsations and extra-hepatic UV drainage.
Intramuscular diclofenac (75 mg), modified by diluting it with 5% dextrose in 100 mL of water, for intravenous administration in combination with spinal morphine (0.2 mg) provided good analgesia after a cesarean section within 24 hours when assessed by the pain-relief scale; however, the mean pain intensity was not different.
Background: In the worldwide, diabetes mellitus is one of the most common medical complications in pregnancy, the prevalence is about 5% and seems to increase. Objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a single abnormal value of 100 g OGTT on pregnancy outcomes.Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted from January 2014 to December 2018 to identified 600 singleton pregnancies who tested for gestational diabetes by 100g OGTT. They divided into 2 groups equally. Pregnancy outcomes of women who had a single abnormal value were compared with women who had a negative test. Pregnancies with prior cesarean delivery were excluded.Results: Between two groups, the baseline characteristic of the patients were comparable except maternal age [33 (26.37) versus 30 (24.36), p = 0.001] was statistically higher in the study group. Even though the most of adverse pregnancy outcome tend to be higher in study group, but not reach the significance, the rate of cesarean delivery (35.7% versus 25.7, RR 1.39, 95% CI 1.08-1.78), postpartum hemorrhage (38.6% versus 30%, RR 1.29, 95% CI 1.03-1.62) and NICU admission (5.6% versus 1.0%, RR 5.69, 95% CI 1.80-17.96) were higher in study group with significant difference. Caesarean delivery (38.8% versus 28.7%, p = 0.04) and NICU admission (9.5% versus 1.9%, p = 0.0003) were more common if the blood glucose greater than 10 mg/dl normal level.Conclusions: A single abnormal value of 100 g OGTT had significant impact on pregnancy outcome such as increase cesarean section, postpartum hemorrhage and NICU admission.
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