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Meconium‐Stained Liquor at Second Trimester Amniocentesis — Is it Significant?
Author(s) -
Svigos J. M.,
StewartRattray S. F.,
Pridmore B. R.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1981.tb00114.x
Subject(s) - amniocentesis , medicine , meconium , obstetrics , fetus , prenatal diagnosis , pregnancy , gynecology , biology , genetics
Summary: Meconium‐stained liquor was found on 10 occasions in 520 consecutive midtrimester amniocenteses performed for prenatal diagnosis.“ Nine cases terminated in the birth of healthy children, whilst one infant was born with multiple skeletal abnormalities compatible with survival. Meconium in the liquor discovered at midtrimester amniocentesis may represent a previous transient episode of fetal compromise and usually does not indicate a poor fetal outcome.