Correlation Between Umbilical Resistance Index and Fetal Growth

University Tunis El Manar

Status: Completed

Conditions: Umbilical Doppler

Treatments: Other: ultrasonography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02842346

CMNTIR

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of our study was to investigate the correlation between the umbilical resistance index and weight gain during the third trimester of low-risk pregnancies.

Enrollment: 77 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any pregnant patient with a normally progressing pregnancy and reporting for a prenatal screening ultrasound between 31 and 34 weeks amenorrhea.

Exclusion criteria

• -The lack of an ultrasound carried out during the first trimester to confirm the term of the pregnancy.
• A medical condition in the mother: diabetes, high blood pressure or a known chronic illness.
• A medical condition in the fetus: suspicion of fetal hypotrophy (fetal biometrics lower than the 10th percentile), a birth defect (a chromosomal abnormality) during the pregnancy.
• Patients with tobacco addiction.
• A body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 before the pregnancy.
• Multiple pregnancies
• A gap of less than 4 weeks between the date of the ultrasound and the date of delivery.