Background: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, affecting approximately 1% of all live births and 10% of all preterm infants. Lamellar bodies represent a storage f...Background: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, affecting approximately 1% of all live births and 10% of all preterm infants. Lamellar bodies represent a storage form of pulmonary surfactant within Type II pneumocytes, secretion of which increases with advancing gestational age, thus enabling prediction of the degree of FLM. Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) complicates approximately 1/3 of all preterm births. Birth within 1 week is the most likely outcome for any patient with PPROM in the absence of adjunctive treatments. Respiratory distress has been reported to be the most common complication of preterm birth. Sepsis, intraventricular haemorrhage, and necrotizing enterocolitis also are associated with prematurity, but these are less common near to term. Objective: To assess the efficacy of the amniotic fluid lamellar body counting from a vaginal pool in predicting fetal lung maturity in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes. Methods: This study was conducted at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital in the emergency ward from January 2019 to September 2019. It included 106 women with singleton pregnancies, gestational age from 28 - 36 weeks with preterm premature rupture of membranes. This study is designed to assess the efficacy of the amniotic fluid lamellar body counting (LBC) from a vaginal pool in predicting fetal lung maturity in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes. Results: The current study revealed a highly significant increase in the lamellar body count in cases giving birth to neonates without RDS compared to that cases giving birth to neonates with RDS. Also, no statistically significant difference between LBC and age, parity and number of previous miscarriages in the mother was found. Gestational age at delivery was significantly lower among cases with respiratory distress. Steroid administration was significantly less frequent among cases with respiratory distress. However, lamellar bodies had high diagnostic performance in the prediction of respiratory distress. Conclusion: Lamellar body count (LBC) is an effective, safe, easy, and cost-effective method to assess fetal lung maturity (FLM). It does not need a highly equipped laboratory or specially trained personnel, it just needs the conventional blood count analyzer. Measurement of LBC is now replacing the conventional Lecithin/Sphyngomyelin L/S ratio. LBC cut-off value of ≤42.5 × 10<sup>3</sup>/μL can be used safely to decide fetal lung maturity with sensitivity of 95.7% and specificity of 97.6%.展开更多
<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Preterm prelabor ruptur...<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM) is a major cause of Pretem Birth (PTB), Pretem Birth (PTB) is the most significant cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cervical length (CL), posterior uterocervical angle (PUCA) and anterior uterocervical angle (AUCA) have been postulated in several studies to have an important role in prediction of PTB. Up to our knowledge, this is the first study that combines the three cervical parameters in prediction of latency period in women with PPROM. </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Aim</span></b></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">of</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Work:</span></b> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">To assess the accuracy of cervical length, posterior uterocervical angle and anterior uterocervical angle in prediction of latency period in women with Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes. </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Subjects</span></b></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Prospective cohort study</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> on </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">205 women with PPROM </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">was held </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> a transvaginal ultrasound was performed to measure cervical length, posterior uterocervical angle, anterior uterocervical angle. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A total of 205 pregnant women with PPROM were included in this study, the latency grade was within 2 days in 57 (27.8%) of cases while was after 2 days in 148 (72.2%) of cases. As regards cervical length cut-off value 25.0 mm, sensitivity was 78.9%, specificity was 65.5%, posterior uterocervical angle cut-off value 108.0<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span>, sensitivity was 93.0%, specificity was 60.1%, and anterior uterocervical angle cut-off value 106.0<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span>, sensitivity was 93.0%, specificity was 71.6%. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion:</span></b></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The combination of cervical length (CL), posterior uterocervical angle (PUCA) and anterior uterocervical angle (AUCA) measurements greatly predict</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the latency period in women with PPROM, and Anterior </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">uterocervical angle (AUCA) ≥ 106.0<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> had </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">highest diagnostic value</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">in predicting latency period within two days.</span></span></span>展开更多
目的:探究妊娠合并糖尿病对未足月胎膜早破(PROM)发生率及母婴结局的影响。方法:选取2018年6月—2022年6月于福州福兴妇产医院就诊的糖代谢异常孕产妇400例作为研究组,同期选取于福兴妇产医院行产前检查的糖代谢正常孕产妇400例作为对...目的:探究妊娠合并糖尿病对未足月胎膜早破(PROM)发生率及母婴结局的影响。方法:选取2018年6月—2022年6月于福州福兴妇产医院就诊的糖代谢异常孕产妇400例作为研究组,同期选取于福兴妇产医院行产前检查的糖代谢正常孕产妇400例作为对照组。均行血糖检测,比较两组未足月PROM发生率、母婴结局及妊娠合并糖尿病指标与母婴妊娠结局的相关性。结果:研究组孕产妇未足月PROM发生率为20.5%,显著高于对照组的3.0%,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);研究组产妇早产、剖宫产、羊水过多、产后出血、妊娠期高血压疾病发生率均明显高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);研究组新生儿发生新生儿窒息、新生儿低血糖、高胆红素血症、新生儿呼吸窘迫综合征(NRDS)、巨大儿及围生儿死亡的比例显著高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);空腹血糖(FPG)、餐后2 h血糖(2 h PG)及糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)与糖代谢异常孕产妇早产、产后出血、妊娠期高血压综合征呈显著正相关性(r>0,P<0.05),FPG、2 h PG及HbA1c与新生儿窒息、巨大儿、NRDS、新生儿低血糖、高胆红素血症呈显著正相关性(r>0,P<0.05)。结论:孕产妇糖代谢异常会增加未足月PROM发生率,糖代谢异常孕产妇妊娠期高血压疾病、新生儿出现巨大儿发生率仍较高,且糖尿病相关指标与母婴部分结局密切相关,需重视并加强妊娠合并糖尿病的诊断与治疗,降低未足月PROM发生率及母婴并发症,从而降低妊娠风险。展开更多
目的探讨胎膜早破(prelabor rupture of membranes,PROM)极早产儿的临床特征及其发生早发型败血症(early-onset sepsis,EOS)和死亡的预测因素。方法回顾性收集2018年1月至2020年5月入住新生儿重症监护室的PROM极早产儿(胎龄<32周)的...目的探讨胎膜早破(prelabor rupture of membranes,PROM)极早产儿的临床特征及其发生早发型败血症(early-onset sepsis,EOS)和死亡的预测因素。方法回顾性收集2018年1月至2020年5月入住新生儿重症监护室的PROM极早产儿(胎龄<32周)的临床资料。根据胎膜破裂至分娩的时间不同分为4组:PROM<18 h(107例)、PROM 18 h~<3 d (111例)、PROM 3 d~<14 d (144例)和PROM≥14 d (37例);根据是否发生EOS分为EOS组(42例)和非EOS组(357例);根据是否存活分为存活组(359例)和死亡组(40例)。分析不同PROM时间极早产儿的临床特征,并采用多因素logistic回归分析PROM极早产儿发生EOS和死亡的预测因素。结果不同PROM时间极早产儿新生儿期主要并发症发生率和病死率差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。出生体重<1 000 g (OR=4.353,P=0.042)、Ⅲ度羊水污染(OR=4.132,P=0.032)及Ⅲ~Ⅳ级呼吸窘迫综合征(OR=2.528,P=0.021)是PROM极早产儿发生EOS的预测因素。较低的出生体重(<1 000 g或1 000~1 499 g;OR分别为11.267、3.456,P分别为0.004、0.050)、Ⅲ~Ⅳ级呼吸窘迫综合征(OR=5.572,P<0.001)和新生儿败血症(OR=2.631,P=0.012)是PROM极早产儿死亡的预测因素。结论 PROM时间延长不增加极早产儿新生儿期并发症的发生率和病死率。PROM极早产儿的主要不良结局与较低的出生体重、肺发育不成熟和全身感染密切相关。[中国当代儿科杂志,2021,23 (6):575-581]展开更多
文摘Background: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, affecting approximately 1% of all live births and 10% of all preterm infants. Lamellar bodies represent a storage form of pulmonary surfactant within Type II pneumocytes, secretion of which increases with advancing gestational age, thus enabling prediction of the degree of FLM. Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) complicates approximately 1/3 of all preterm births. Birth within 1 week is the most likely outcome for any patient with PPROM in the absence of adjunctive treatments. Respiratory distress has been reported to be the most common complication of preterm birth. Sepsis, intraventricular haemorrhage, and necrotizing enterocolitis also are associated with prematurity, but these are less common near to term. Objective: To assess the efficacy of the amniotic fluid lamellar body counting from a vaginal pool in predicting fetal lung maturity in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes. Methods: This study was conducted at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital in the emergency ward from January 2019 to September 2019. It included 106 women with singleton pregnancies, gestational age from 28 - 36 weeks with preterm premature rupture of membranes. This study is designed to assess the efficacy of the amniotic fluid lamellar body counting (LBC) from a vaginal pool in predicting fetal lung maturity in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes. Results: The current study revealed a highly significant increase in the lamellar body count in cases giving birth to neonates without RDS compared to that cases giving birth to neonates with RDS. Also, no statistically significant difference between LBC and age, parity and number of previous miscarriages in the mother was found. Gestational age at delivery was significantly lower among cases with respiratory distress. Steroid administration was significantly less frequent among cases with respiratory distress. However, lamellar bodies had high diagnostic performance in the prediction of respiratory distress. Conclusion: Lamellar body count (LBC) is an effective, safe, easy, and cost-effective method to assess fetal lung maturity (FLM). It does not need a highly equipped laboratory or specially trained personnel, it just needs the conventional blood count analyzer. Measurement of LBC is now replacing the conventional Lecithin/Sphyngomyelin L/S ratio. LBC cut-off value of ≤42.5 × 10<sup>3</sup>/μL can be used safely to decide fetal lung maturity with sensitivity of 95.7% and specificity of 97.6%.
文摘<strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM) is a major cause of Pretem Birth (PTB), Pretem Birth (PTB) is the most significant cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cervical length (CL), posterior uterocervical angle (PUCA) and anterior uterocervical angle (AUCA) have been postulated in several studies to have an important role in prediction of PTB. Up to our knowledge, this is the first study that combines the three cervical parameters in prediction of latency period in women with PPROM. </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Aim</span></b></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">of</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Work:</span></b> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">To assess the accuracy of cervical length, posterior uterocervical angle and anterior uterocervical angle in prediction of latency period in women with Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes. </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Subjects</span></b></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Prospective cohort study</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> on </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">205 women with PPROM </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">was held </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> a transvaginal ultrasound was performed to measure cervical length, posterior uterocervical angle, anterior uterocervical angle. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A total of 205 pregnant women with PPROM were included in this study, the latency grade was within 2 days in 57 (27.8%) of cases while was after 2 days in 148 (72.2%) of cases. As regards cervical length cut-off value 25.0 mm, sensitivity was 78.9%, specificity was 65.5%, posterior uterocervical angle cut-off value 108.0<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span>, sensitivity was 93.0%, specificity was 60.1%, and anterior uterocervical angle cut-off value 106.0<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span>, sensitivity was 93.0%, specificity was 71.6%. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion:</span></b></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The combination of cervical length (CL), posterior uterocervical angle (PUCA) and anterior uterocervical angle (AUCA) measurements greatly predict</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the latency period in women with PPROM, and Anterior </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">uterocervical angle (AUCA) ≥ 106.0<span style="white-space:nowrap;">°</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> had </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">highest diagnostic value</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">in predicting latency period within two days.</span></span></span>
文摘目的:探究妊娠合并糖尿病对未足月胎膜早破(PROM)发生率及母婴结局的影响。方法:选取2018年6月—2022年6月于福州福兴妇产医院就诊的糖代谢异常孕产妇400例作为研究组,同期选取于福兴妇产医院行产前检查的糖代谢正常孕产妇400例作为对照组。均行血糖检测,比较两组未足月PROM发生率、母婴结局及妊娠合并糖尿病指标与母婴妊娠结局的相关性。结果:研究组孕产妇未足月PROM发生率为20.5%,显著高于对照组的3.0%,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);研究组产妇早产、剖宫产、羊水过多、产后出血、妊娠期高血压疾病发生率均明显高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);研究组新生儿发生新生儿窒息、新生儿低血糖、高胆红素血症、新生儿呼吸窘迫综合征(NRDS)、巨大儿及围生儿死亡的比例显著高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);空腹血糖(FPG)、餐后2 h血糖(2 h PG)及糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)与糖代谢异常孕产妇早产、产后出血、妊娠期高血压综合征呈显著正相关性(r>0,P<0.05),FPG、2 h PG及HbA1c与新生儿窒息、巨大儿、NRDS、新生儿低血糖、高胆红素血症呈显著正相关性(r>0,P<0.05)。结论:孕产妇糖代谢异常会增加未足月PROM发生率,糖代谢异常孕产妇妊娠期高血压疾病、新生儿出现巨大儿发生率仍较高,且糖尿病相关指标与母婴部分结局密切相关,需重视并加强妊娠合并糖尿病的诊断与治疗,降低未足月PROM发生率及母婴并发症,从而降低妊娠风险。