O Gómez1, F Figueras, S Fernández, M Bennasar, J M Martínez, B Puerto, E Gratacós. 1. Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, ICGON, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona and Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain. ogomez@clinic.ub.es
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To construct gestational age (GA)-based reference ranges for the uterine artery (UtA) mean pulsatility index (PI) at 11-41 weeks of pregnancy. METHODS: A prospective cross-sectional observational study was carried out of 20 consecutive singleton pregnancies for each completed gestational week at 11-41 weeks. UtAs were examined by color and pulsed Doppler imaging, and the mean PI, as well as the presence or absence of a bilateral protodiastolic notch, were recorded. Polynomials were fitted by means of least-square regression to estimate the relationship between the mean UtA-PI and GA. RESULTS: A total of 620 women were included. A second-degree polynomial (Log(e) mean UtA-PI = 1.39 - 0.012 x GA + GA(2) x 0.0000198, with GA measured in days), after a natural logarithmic transformation, was selected to model our data. There was a significant decrease in the mean UtA-PI between 11 weeks (mean PI, 1.79; 95(th) centile, 2.70) and 34 weeks (mean PI, 0.70; 95(th) centile, 0.99). It then became more stable up until 41 weeks (mean PI, 0.65; 95(th) centile, 0.89). CONCLUSIONS: The mean UtA-PI shows a progressive decrease until the late stages of pregnancy. Reference ranges for mean UtA-PI may have clinical value in screening for placenta-associated diseases in the early stages of pregnancy, and in evaluating patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension and/or small-for-gestational age fetuses during the third trimester. (c) 2008 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
OBJECTIVES: To construct gestational age (GA)-based reference ranges for the uterine artery (UtA) mean pulsatility index (PI) at 11-41 weeks of pregnancy. METHODS: A prospective cross-sectional observational study was carried out of 20 consecutive singleton pregnancies for each completed gestational week at 11-41 weeks. UtAs were examined by color and pulsed Doppler imaging, and the mean PI, as well as the presence or absence of a bilateral protodiastolic notch, were recorded. Polynomials were fitted by means of least-square regression to estimate the relationship between the mean UtA-PI and GA. RESULTS: A total of 620 women were included. A second-degree polynomial (Log(e) mean UtA-PI = 1.39 - 0.012 x GA + GA(2) x 0.0000198, with GA measured in days), after a natural logarithmic transformation, was selected to model our data. There was a significant decrease in the mean UtA-PI between 11 weeks (mean PI, 1.79; 95(th) centile, 2.70) and 34 weeks (mean PI, 0.70; 95(th) centile, 0.99). It then became more stable up until 41 weeks (mean PI, 0.65; 95(th) centile, 0.89). CONCLUSIONS: The mean UtA-PI shows a progressive decrease until the late stages of pregnancy. Reference ranges for mean UtA-PI may have clinical value in screening for placenta-associated diseases in the early stages of pregnancy, and in evaluating patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension and/or small-for-gestational age fetuses during the third trimester. (c) 2008 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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