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Title: | Low Volume Circulation in Normotensive Women Pregnant with Neonates Small for Gestational Age | Authors: | VONCK, Sharona Staelens, Anneleen Simone LANSSENS, Dorien TOMSIN, Kathleen OBEN, Jolien DREESEN, Pauline BRUCKERS, Liesbeth GYSELAERS, Wilfried |
Issue Date: | 2019 | Publisher: | KARGER | Source: | FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, 46 (4) , p. 238 -245 | Abstract: | Background: Pregnancies complicated with small for gestational age (SGA) neonates are reported with maternal circulatory maladaptations. Objectives: We aimed to understand the pathophysiology of the maternal circulation in normotensive SGA pregnancies and to point out the trimestral differences from those with appropriate-to-large (non-SGA [NGA]) neonates. Methods: An observational study was conducted in 3 trimestral cohorts of normotensive pregnancies, categorized after birth according to neonatal birth weight percentile (BW%) as SGA (BW% <= 10, n = 158) or NGA (BW% > 10, n = 1,038). Standardized electrocardiogram-Doppler ultrasound, impedance cardiography, and bio-impedance were used to assess the maternal heart, arteries, veins, and fluid. Results: Diastolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure were not significantly different, unless in the third trimester. In SGA compared to NGA pregnancies, total peripheral resistance (TPR) was higher and total arterial compliance, cardiac output (CO), and total body water (TBW) were lower throughout pregnancy. Venous return-enhancing functions were activated. In NGA but not SGA pregnancies, a positive correlation was found between BW% and CO + TBW and a negative correlation between BW% and TPR. Conclusions: SGA pregnancies are characterized by lower maternal body fluid volume and CO, while normal blood pressures are maintained via increased TPR already from the first trimester onwards. Pregnancy-induced hemodynamic changes are superimposed on these characteristics. | Notes: | Vonck, S (reprint author), Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Schiepse Bos 6, BE-3600 Genk, Belgium. sharonavonck@hotmail.com |
Keywords: | Small for gestational age;Maternal hemodynamics;Pregnancy;Pathophysiology | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/30363 | ISSN: | 1015-3837 | e-ISSN: | 1421-9964 | DOI: | 10.1159/000495507 | ISI #: | WOS:000492976400004 | Rights: | 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2020 |
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