Effect of a standardized maternal meal on fetal middle cerebral artery Doppler indices: A single-blinded crossover study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Measures of Doppler blood flow velocity profiles are an integral part of monitoring fetal well-being during pregnancy. These examinations are performed at different times of the day and at different maternal meal states. In uncomplicated pregnancies, we assessed the effect of a standardized maternal meal on middle cerebral artery (MCA) and umbilical artery (UA) Doppler blood flow velocity pulsatility indices (PIs) and MCA peak systolic velocity (PSV).

Methods

In this prospective single-blinded crossover study 25 healthy women were examined at 36 weeks of pregnancy. The first examination was performed in the morning following overnight fast, and repeated after extended fast (state A), and after a standard breakfast meal (state B).

Results

Irrespective of mate

SUBMITTER: Zahid SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9352093 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature