Oligohydramnios: a prospective study of fetal, neonatal and maternal outcomes in low-middle income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oligohydramnios is a condition of abnormally low amniotic fluid volume that has been associated with poor pregnancy outcomes. To date, the prevalence of this condition and its outcomes has not been well described in low and low-middle income countries (LMIC) where ultrasound use to diagnose this condition in pregnancy is limited. As part of a prospective trial of ultrasound at antenatal care in LMICs, we sought to evaluate the incidence of and the adverse maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes associated with oligohydramnios.

Methods

We included data in this report from all pregnant women in community settings in Guatemala, Pakistan, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who received a third trimester ultrasound as part of the First Look Study, a random

SUBMITTER: Figueroa L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6993413 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature