Open AccessLONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN BLOOD VISCOSITY ARE CORRELATED WITH FETAL OUTCOME
Author(s) -
Zondervan H. A.,
Oosting J.,
SmorenbergSchoorl M. E.,
Treffers P. E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348809004215
Subject(s) - medicine , fetus , blood viscosity , obstetrics , perfusion , pregnancy , physiology , genetics , biology
. The importance of longitudinal changes in maternal Whole Blood Viscosity (WBV) for fetal well‐being was investigated. Consecutive WBV data were available, obtained from 44 pregnancies before 36 0/7 weeks. An increase in WBV was found to be associated with an unfavorable fetal outcome. This result might be considered as clinical evidence supporting the hypothesis that maternal WBV contains information on the efficacy of placental perfusion.