Abdominal Wall Mass, Fetal Macrosomia, Perinatal Problems
Conditions
Keywords
fetal macrosomia, fetal abdominal wall thickness, subcutaneous adipose tissue
Brief summary
Abnormal fetal development such as macrosomia can cause some complications on both fetus and mother.The measurement of fetal anterior abdominal wall thickness (FAWT) is an easy examination that it can be obtained during an examination of a pregnant woman by ultrasound. Macrosomia for fetus can lead to some morbidities. It can affect perinatal outcome and increase childbirth complications and operative birth. There are some studies scrutinizing the relationship between FAWT and diabetes in the literature. However there are few studies which scrutinize effect of FAWT on both abnormal fetal development and adverse perinatal outcomes in non-diabetic pregnancies and non high risk pregnancies. Hence the investigators wonder if FAWT can anticipate birth-weight or macrosomic infant or perinatal outcome regarding with macrosomia in the second trimester.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Kayseri Education and Research Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
A total of 96 women with low risk pregnancy coming to our clinic for a routine antenatal examination in 26-28th gestational weeks were included to this study and performed 75 gr- oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).
Exclusion criteria
The participants with a positive 75-g OGTT were excluded. Additionally those following criteria were accepted as the
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The relationship between fetal abdominal wall thickness and macrosomia | 6 months |
Outcome results
None listed