US pregnant uterus 9 Assessment of fetal measurement, growth, amniotic fluid, fetal anatomic survey, and activity patterns is appropriate. O US pregnant uterus biophysical profile 4 Assessment of biophysical profile is of indeterminate appropriateness. Biophysical profile components: 1) fetal heart-rate reactivity; 2) fetal breathing movements; 3) fetal movement; 4) fetal tone; and 5) amniotic ...

Low birth weight due to intrauterine growth restriction is associated with various diseases in adulthood, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance and end-stage renal disease. The purpose of this review is to describe the effects of intrauterine growth restriction on the kidney. Nephrogenesis requires a fine balance of many factors that can be disturbed by intrauterine g...

Aim of the study To evaluate the value of uterine artery Doppler indices and waveform pattern in predicting fetuses at risk for intrauterine growth restriction in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Materials and methods This was a prospective cross-sectional study including 80 pregnant subjects with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and two control groups. Uterine artery Doppler sonograph...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Intrauterine growth restriction is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Its pathogenesis is still a matter of debate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between intrauterine growth restriction (diagnosed in utero by serial ultrasound examinations and characterized by abnormal umbilical arterial Doppler velocimetry) and thrombophilic polymor...

All editorial matter in CMAJ represents the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of the Canadian Medical Association. Pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction remain important causes of maternal and neonatal complications and death. These 2 conditions are felt to be the result of abnormal placenta formation involving abnormal trophoblast invasion of spiral arteries and a r...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether, in women with abnormal uterine artery Doppler, platelet volume and function will identify a subgroup of women at increased risk of pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction and whether in-vitro platelet aggregation precedes the onset of clinical disease. DESIGN Platelet number, volume and aggregation induced by collagen or adenosine 5'-diphosphate we...

Introduction Placental mesenchymal dysplasia is a rare vascular disease associated with intrauterine growth restriction, fetal demise as well as Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Some neonates present hematologic abnormalities possibly related to consumptive coagulopathy and hemolytic anemia in the placental circulation. Case report We present a case of placental mesenchymal dysplasia in a fetus wit...