In a prospective study of 89 women who delivered Small-for-Gestational-Age fetuses with singleton pregnancies after 30 weeks` gestation, fetal biophysical assessment and umbilical artery resistance index wer performed within 72 hours before delivery. ...
In a prospective study of 89 women who delivered Small-for-Gestational-Age fetuses with singleton pregnancies after 30 weeks` gestation, fetal biophysical assessment and umbilical artery resistance index wer performed within 72 hours before delivery.
Patients with abnormal fetal biophysical profile and umbilical artery RI had a significantly higher rate of preterm delivery , cesarean section for fetal distress , low Apgar score , significant neonatal norbidity , perinatal death , and admission to Neonatal-Intensive-Care-Unit than patients with normal tests. It was 87.6% vs. 84.3% that over all efficiency of tests to predict adverse perinatal outcome. Multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that abnormal umbilical artery RI and fetal biophysical profile were significant independant predictors for the development of adverse perinatal outcome beyond the risk of preterm baby(odds ratio=119 , p=0.0000; odds ratio=34 , p=0.0001).
In this study , we can suggest that umbilical artery RI & fetal biophysical profile are useful independant predictors of adverse perinatal outcome with similar efficacy in Small-for-Gestational -Age fetuses.