View clinical trials related to Fetal Growth Retardation.
Filter by:Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) and Small for Gestational Age (SGA) are two conditions that can happen when a baby doesn't grow as much as expected during pregnancy. FGR is caused by things like problems with the mother's nutrition and inflammation, while SGA is usually because of genetic and other factors. It's important to know if a baby has FGR or SGA because FGR babies can have more health problems and are at risk of dying before or shortly after birth. SGA babies are usually healthy, but they might have more health problems later in life. Doctors can use a simple blood test called the HALP score to see if a mother has problems with her nutrition and inflammation. However, it hasn't been studied for FGR and SGA. We want to study if the HALP score can help us tell if a baby has FGR or SGA by looking at the mother's blood test results.
Will follow up umblical artery Doppler indices for pregnancies with iugr taking placebo and oral isosorbide mononitrate to study its efficacy on the intrauterine growth restricted fetuses
The aim of this trial is to assess the efficacy and efficiency of the national and the research sonographic screening protocols for fetal growth disorders. In particular, in Italy at the moment we have two different national screening protocols: the traditional one providing an early third trimester scan at 28-32 weeks'gestation, and a more recent one, according to the new LEA (livelli essenziali di assistenza), providing a growth scan during the third trimester only if there is a clinical indication. Both these national protocols will be compared to a research protocol providing a late third trimester scan between 35 and 37 weeks'gestation in terms of sensibility and specificity.
When a FGR is diagnose, the challenge in his monitoring is to assess the benefit-risk balance between continuing the pregnancy in order to limit complications related to prematurity and birth in order to minimize any risk of fetal death in utero. By able to know the characteristics of fetal deteriorations and its relationship with fetal and neonatal outcomes could be a thankful help in this decision. The placental insufficiency is by far the most common cause of FGR (32)(miller 2008). This effect can be documented thanks to ultrasound examinations to study fetal growth and Doppler of umbilical arteries for the placenta, the middle cerebral artery for the brain perfusion and the Ductus Venosus for the cardiac effects of placental dysfunction. The apparition of Doppler abnormalities suggests a deterioration of the disease and leads to several changes in clinical FGR management. Nevertheless, at this time, very few studies allow us to predict the time util the degradation and their impact on perinatal outcomes. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Doppler at the time of diagnosis in predicting the outcome of pregnancies. The secondary aim was to evaluate the performance of Doppler performed at any time during pregnancy and studied independently in predicting outcome of pregnancies
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of antenatal corticosteroid administration on umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry measurements in pregnancies complicated by IUGR.
OBJECTIVES: The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of drip versus intermittent feeding on splanchnic oxygenation in preterm infants with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). The second objective was to assess the relationship between fetal splanchnic circulation parameters and splanchnic oxygenation during the first week of life. METHODS: A single-center, prospective, randomized study with 51 fetuses/infants was conducted. Fetal Doppler measurements including umbilical artery, middle cerebral artery, and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) were recorded in IUGR fetuses. After preterm delivery the infants were randomly assigned to one of two feeding modalities: drip (3-hour continuous) or intermittent (bolus in 10 minutes). Continuous regional splanchnic saturation (rSO2S) monitoring was carried out during first week of life, simultaneously with continuous oxygen arterial saturation (SaO2) monitoring and the infants' fractional oxygen extractions (FOE) were calculated. These parameters were evaluated as means on a daily basis for the first week of life, as well as pre-prandial and post-prandial measurements on the seventh day. RESULTS: Fetal Doppler flow velocimetry disturbances were present in 72.5% of the study cohort. The Drip (26 infants) and Intermittent (25 infants) groups were similar in demographic and clinical characteristics, as well as the prevalence of feeding intolerance and necrotizing enterocolitis. During the first week of life, there was no difference in daily mean rSO2S and FOE values between the Drip and Intermittent groups, whereas unfed infants had mostly lower rSO2S values. Pre-prandial and post-prandial rSO2S values remained stable in both groups. Also, no association was detected between fetal splanchnic circulation parameters and neonatal splanchnic oxygenation. RSO2S values were strongly correlated to gestational age and birth weight. During the whole week, except for the first two days, infants with umbilical catheters had significantly lower rSO2S values than infants without. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggests that the key factor in splanchnic oxygenation is feeding, not the feeding modality. In addition, the umbilical vein catheter had a negative impact on splanchnic oxygenation.
The exact etiology of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) remains unclear but is known to involve immunologic/infectious factors. The thymus is one of the main organs involved in the development of the fetal immune system. The aim of this study was to explore the association between 3D fetal thymus volume (VOCAL) on ultrasound and intrauterine growth restiction by adding the 3-dimensional measurement of thymus volume to the routine fetal ultrasound scan at 15-24 week of gestation. Investigators performed a prospective clinical study in 100 pregnant women in their second trimester of pregnancy who attended the Fetal Medicine Unit of the Medicine Faculty of Karadeniz Technical University during the study period. Maternal age, gravida, para, BMI, blood pressure, gestational age, BPD, FL ,AC, EFW and fetal timus volume measured with VOCAL programme are recorded. For all patients routine clinical and ultrasound examinations were performed during pregnancy. Gestational age at birth, way of birth and newborn birthweight were recorded. The results were statistically compared in the SPSS 13.0 program. Student-t test and chi-square test were used for statistical analysis. ROC curve analysis was used for limit values. The data of patients with IUGR and without IUGR were compared. The ability of the thymus volume to predict the IUGR was tested using binary logistic regression analysis. P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
The investigator contrived a prospective study of AUCR to compare its association to adverse perinatal outcomes with other established doppler parameters, such as CPR and UCR within a population of suspected FGR fetuses at term.
The aim of our study will demonstrate the effect of omega 3 supplementation on serum lipid profile level and leptin level in neonates with Intrauterine Growth Restriction( IUGR)
to review the changes to SLE medications during pregnancy including adherence and non-adherence to the medications and correlate these to the pregnancy outcome and post-partum course of the disease.