predictive accuracy of nonstress test in high risk pregnancies

Nonstress test in high-risk pregnancy: Evaluation and Management

Evaluation of nonstress test (NST) in the antenatal assessment of fetal well being in the high-risk pregnancy has been found to be clinically efficacious. The basis for its interpretation has been the reactive or normal and no reactive or abnormal test. Between January 1997 and May 1998, 53 high risk pregnant women were studied by NST at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bangabandhu...

Accuracy of the Fetal Echocardiography in the High Risk Pregnancies

When introduced in diagnostics, two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound revolutionized many fields of clinical medicine.1,2 Among them, the cardiology gained a huge advantage of 2D ultrasonography for postnatal diagnostics and treatment of congenital cardiac defects. Jan Donald, the father of the modern obstetrical ultrasonography, could not predict how helpful and significant ultrasonography will beco...

Onm-13: Prenatal Care in High-Risk Pregnancies

Prenatal care is more than just health care in pregnancy. For the vast majority of women, pregnancy follows a routine course. Some women, however, have medical difficulties related to their health or the health of their baby. These women experience what is called a high-risk pregnancy. A pregnancy may be considered high-risk for a variety of reasons. Some of these include: diabetes, preeclampsi...

Pnm-4: Nursing Care in High Risk Pregnancies

The predictive value of ultrasound assessment of amniotic fluid index, biophysical profile score, nonstress test and foetal movement chart for meconium-stained amniotic fluid in prolonged pregnancies.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the value of non-stress test (NST), biophysical profile score (BPS), amniotic fluid index (AFI) and foetal movement charted (FMC) by mother in the prediction of meconium passage in post-date pregnancies. METHODS In a cross-sectional study performed from 2003 to 2005, in the Ali-Ebne-Abitaleb Hospital, all post-date singleton pregnant women were included and evaluated a f...

Predictive Value of Cerebroplacental Ratio in Detection of Perinatal Outcome in High-Risk Pregnancies.

OBJECTIVE To assess the predictive value of cerebroplacental ratio (i.e., S/D ratio of middle cerebral artery to S/D ratio of Umbilical artery) in detection of perinatal outcome in high-risk pregnancies. MATERIAL AND METHOD This retrospective study was conducted on 150 patients between 28 and 40 weeks of gestation (25 low risk and 125 high risk) who attended OPD and indoor wards of Teerthanke...