The impact of maternal ketonuria on fetal test results in the setting of postterm pregnancy

Article Abstract:

Ketonuria in pregnant women whose pregnancy has passed the 41st week may increase the risk of abnormal fetal outcomes, according to a study of 3,601 women. Ketonuria occurs when the woman is dehydrated or is not receiving enough calories.

Risk factors, Physiological aspects, Dehydration (Physiology), Malnutrition, Oligohydramnios

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Longitudinal measurement of amniotic fluid index in postterm pregnancies and its association with fetal noises

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A drop in amniotic fluid volume below a certain level correlates with an increase in labor complications among women whose pregnancies exceed the due date. Volume changes had no effect per se, providing the volume remained above this threshold. A group of women with well-established due dates who had passed 41 weeks gestation underwent serial ultrasound evaluations and calculations of amniotic fluid volume. All women who dropped below the 5 cm threshold were induced. Among these labors, 61% were complicated by fetal distress and and 71% by meconium passage. This was compared with a 23% incidence of fetal distress and a 27% incidence of meconium passage among women whose amniotic fluid volumes did not fall below the 5 cm threshold.

Analysis, Diagnosis, Pregnancy, Complications of, Pregnancy complications, Amniotic fluid

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Fetal and neonatal mortality in the postterm pregnancy: the impact of gestational age and fetal growth restriction

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Pregnancies that last longer than normal pose risks for the fetus. Researchers examined infant death rates among 181,524 women whose pregnancy lasted 40 weeks or longer. Neonatal mortality rates were higher in these women and the longer the pregnancy past 40 weeks, the higher the rate was. Infants whose growth had been restricted in the uterus had even higher rates but fetal growth restriction was not the sole risk factor for infant death.

Health aspects, Patient outcomes, Mortality, Fetus, Infants (Newborn), Newborn infants, Infant mortality, Pregnancy, Protracted, Post-term pregnancy

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