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Oligohydramnios and fetal cerebral blood flow
Author(s) -
WIJNGAARD J. A. G. W.,
WLADIMIROFF J. W.,
REUSS A.,
STEWART P. A.
Publication year - 1988
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.1471-0528.1988.tb06823.x
Subject(s) - oligohydramnios , medicine , fetus , blood flow , cerebral blood flow , cardiology , umbilical artery , anesthesia , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Summary. Blood flow velocity waveforms in the fetal internal carotid artery were recorded in five pregnancies complicated by prolonged severe oligohydramnios due to bilateral renal agenesis. End‐diastolic flow velocity was reduced, absent or even reversed, resulting in a raised pulsatility index in all five cases. These data suggest that prolonged severe oligohydramnios may hamper cerebral blood flow through fetal head compression.