Assessment of the Cerebroplacental Ratio and Amniotic Fluid Index in Term Appropriate-for-Gestational-Age Pregnancies for Prediction of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes
Priyanka Verma, Devyani Misra, Vandana Gautam, Shailja Bhamri, Smriti Agrawal, Bhanupriya Singh · 2025
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Priyanka Verma and co-authors test whether two ultrasound measures can predict trouble for babies in pregnancies that look low-risk, in a 2025 study. The measures are the amniotic fluid index, a gauge of the fluid around the baby, and the cerebroplacental ratio, which compares blood flow in the baby's brain and cord. Both are used to judge fetal well-being, but their combined power in normal-sized, full-term pregnancies was unclear.
The study followed 236 such pregnancies between 37 and 40 weeks. One group was checked with fluid alone and the other with both measures, and outcomes were compared after birth. Delivery patterns and newborn health were much the same in both groups. Curve analysis showed both measures, alone or combined, discriminated poorly for low newborn scores, intensive care admission, and surgical delivery. The authors report the limits plainly.
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| CREATOR | Priyanka Verma, Devyani Misra, Vandana Gautam, Shailja Bhamri, Smriti Agrawal, Bhanupriya Singh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |