A Prospective Clinical Study of FETO-Maternal Outcome in Pregnancies with Abnormal Amniotic Fluid Index

Abstract

Background: We report a clinical study of fetomaternal outcome in pregnancies with abnormal liquor volume managed at a tertiary care hospital Methods: This study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, S.P Medical College, Bikaner Results- In. In oligohydramnios group 90.8%babies were healthy while8.4%were died in NICU and0.8% were still birth while in polyhydramnios group 76% babies were healthy while 4% were died in NICU and20%babies were still birth. Still birth rate in very high in polyhydramnios group. This difference was found statistically highly significant (p<0.001). Conclusion: Development of abnormal liquor volume during pregnancy signals danger to the foetus. It is associated with an increased incidence of caesarean section, labour complications and adverse perinatal outcome. But isolated oligo and polyhydramnios in term gestation has better perinatal outcome compared to early onset and with associated conditions like hypertensive diseases of pregnancy, GDM, IUGR. Ultrasound is the ideal method to detect any abnormality in liquor volume. If any abnormality is detected during the ultrasound, a careful search should be made to detect any identifiable congenital anomalies. Keywords: Oligohydramnios,  Polyhydramnios, Fetomaternal