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TL;DR: The objective was to evaluate the associations between arterial, venous and intracardiac parameters and adverse perinatal outcome in growth restricted fetuses.
Abstract: The objective was to evaluate the associations between arterial, venous and intracardiac parameters and adverse perinatal outcome in growth restricted fetuses. Fetuses beyond the 26th week of gestation with an abdominal circumference below the 5th percentile were included in this prospective study. The last Doppler measurement of the umbilical artery, middle cerebral artery, ductus venosus, outflow tract waveforms, atrioventricular flow and ventricular shortening fraction before delivery and adverse perinatal outcome were used for univariate (Fisher's exact test) and multivariate (stepwise logistic regression) statistical analysis. Adverse perinatal outcome was defined as the following: umbilical artery pH < 7.1, significant neonatal morbidity, need for admission to the neonatal intensive care unit, need for intubation at birth and perinatal mortality. A total of 108 fetuses met the inclusion criteria. The univariate analysis showed that presence of arterial redistribution; the absence or reversion of the...

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