Prediction of pre-eclampsia, low birth weight for gestational age and prematurity by uterine artery blood flow velocity waveforms in low risk nulliparous women

1999 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-89
Author(s):  
Roger A. McMaster-Fay
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Blood Flow Velocity ◽  
Uterine Artery ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Artery Blood Flow ◽  
Nulliparous Women

Effect of altitude on uterine artery blood flow during normal pregnancy

1995 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Zamudio ◽  
S. K. Palmer ◽  
T. Droma ◽  
E. Stamm ◽  
C. Coffin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Blood Flow Velocity ◽  
Uterine Artery ◽  
Flow Distribution ◽  
External Iliac Artery ◽  
Artery Blood Flow ◽  
Uterine Blood Flow ◽  
Infant Birth

To determine whether uterine blood flow was reduced and indexes of pelvic blood flow distribution altered in normotensive pregnancy at high (3,100 m) compared with low altitude (1,600 m), we measured uterine, common iliac, and external iliac artery blood flow velocities and diameters in women during pregnancy and again postpartum. Pregnancy increased uterine artery diameter, blood flow velocity, and volumetric flow at both altitudes. Uterine artery blood flow velocity was greater (69.0 +/- 2.2 vs. 59.4 +/- 3.0 cm/s; P < 0.005) but diameter was smaller at 3,100 m than at 1,600 m (2.5 +/- 0.3 mm vs. 3.4 +/- 0.2 mm; P < 0.005), resulting in volumetric flow that was one-third lower at week 36 of pregnancy (203 +/- 48 vs. 312 +/- 22 ml/min, respectively; P < 0.01). Pregnancy increased common iliac blood flow velocity and decreased external iliac artery blood flow velocity at both altitudes. The uterine artery received a smaller percent of common iliac flow at 3,100 than at 1,600 m (46 +/- 7 vs. 74 +/- 6%; P < 0.005). Gestational age was similar but birth weight was lower at 3,100 m than at 1,600 m. Among subjects at 1,600 m, variation in uterine blood flow velocity correlated positively with infant birth weight. We concluded that reduced uterine blood flow and altered pelvic blood flow distribution during pregnancy at high altitude likely contributed to the altitude-associated reduction in infant birth weight.

Asymmetry of Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity in Low Birth Weight Infants

Neonatology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyothi Swarup ◽  
Robyn Wyman Baker ◽  
Beverly Sobchak Brozanski ◽  
Toby Debra Yanowitz
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Blood Flow Velocity ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants

The Effect of Vasopressor Agents Upon Uterine Artery Blood Flow Velocity in the Gravid Guinea Pig Subjected to Ritodrine Infusion

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
D. H. Chestnut ◽  
L. G. Ostman ◽  
C. R. Weiner ◽  
M. J. Hdez ◽  
J. R. Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Blood Flow Velocity ◽  
Uterine Artery ◽  
Artery Blood Flow ◽  
Vasopressor Agents

Effect of Intravenous Epinephrine on Uterine Artery Blood Flow Velocity in the Pregnant Guinea Pig

1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
D. H. Chestnut ◽  
C. P. Weiner ◽  
J. G. Martin ◽  
J. E. Herrig ◽  
J. P. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Flow Velocity ◽  
Blood Flow Velocity ◽  
Uterine Artery ◽  
Artery Blood Flow
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