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EFFECT OF FRUSEMIDE ON FETAL URINE PRODUCTION
Author(s) -
Wladimiroff J. W.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00623.x
Subject(s) - fetus , medicine , urine , pregnancy , urinary system , obstetrics , physiology , biology , genetics
Summary Hourly fetal urinary production rate (HFUPR) was measured by an ultrasonic technique in I2 antenatal patients before and after intravenous administration of 60 mg. of frusemide. In 8 patients pregnancy was normal and in 4 there was clinical evidence of fetal growth retardation. The duration of pregnancy varied from 32 to 41 weeks. The increase in HFUPR was 80 to 150 per cent in normal patients and 95 to 131 per cent in patients with fetal growth retardation. The increase in HFUPR seemed to have no impact on fetal circulatory volume, as the fetal heart rate stayed normal throughout the study period.