OBJECTIVE Assess the association between meconium-stained amniotic fluid and chorioamnionitis or endometritis in term pregnant women. MATERIAL AND METHOD A five-year retrospective study was undertaken between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2003. One thousand seventy-nine pregnant women who delivered at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Phramongkutklao Hospital were included in the ...

Keywords: Meconium stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) Pregnancy outcome Clear amniotic fluid (CAF) Original Article Objectives: To identify risk factors for meconium stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) and comparison of pregnancy outcome in meconium stained vs. clear amniotic fluid. Methods: The study was conducted at labor-room of IPGMER Hospital, Kolkata for consecutive 500 singleton deliveries at term ...

Background: This study was carried out to explore whether amnioscopy could help us to management of the uncertain date fetus to differ the prematurity from growth-restriction and assessment of post term pregnancies as well. Notify the meconium staining of amniotic fluid is another aspect of amnioscopy, too. Study Design: This was a descriptive study of 80 pregnant women from 2007 to 2008 at a u...

Background: Cadmium is an extremely toxic metal with ubiquitous environmental distribution. Cadmium is a potent reproductive and developmental toxic agent, and intensive environmental exposure to this substance has been reported among the residents of Tehran. In this study, we investigated the correlation between amniotic fluid cadmium levels and the risk of preeclampsia, prematurity and low bi...

Amnioscopy is available as an out-patient procedure, whenever hazards threaten the life of the foetus during late pregnancy. An endoscope-the amnioscope-is passed into the cervical canal so that the amniotic fluid can be inspected through the intact forewaters. Amniotic fluid which is clear, or milky from emulsification of vernix, indicates that conditions within the uterus are normal. Green or...

UNLABELLED Amniotic fluid Gram stain and culture have been utilized as laboratory tests of microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity. The Gram stain of amniotic fluid has a low sensitivity in the detection of clinical infection or microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity, and amniotic fluid culture results are not immediately available for management decisions. Glucose concentration is used to...

To test the hypothesis that a substance present in the amniotic fluid could serve as a regulator of amniotic fluid volume, we drained and discarded amniotic fluid while replacing it with lactated Ringer solution that was isotonic to amniotic fluid. Seven ewes with singleton fetuses at 119 +/- 1 days of gestation (mean +/- SE) were instrumented with multiple indwelling catheters in the pedal art...

background: previous studies have shown that preeclampsia is associated with elevated maternal serum homocysteine levels, but few studies have evaluated homocysteine levels in amniotic fluid in these patients. the purpose of this study was to compare amniotic fluid homocysteine levels in preeclamptic women, with those of normal pregnant women. methods: a cross sectional study was done on 46 pre...

We describe a fast atom bombardment mass spectrometric method to determine the ratio of lecithin to sphingomyelin in amniotic fluid. Between m/z 400 and 1000, amniotic fluid extracts showed clear peaks for only sphingomyelin and lecithin. The molecular species of fatty acid in the phospholipids were analyzed quantitatively and quickly in a small volume of the extracts. The dipalmitoyllecithin/p...