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- Title
Pulsation of the fetal splenic vein--a potential ultrasound marker of histological chorioamnionitis and funisitis in women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes.
- Authors
Musilova I; Kacerovsky M; Hornychova H; Kostal M; Jacobsson B; Musilova, Ivana; Kacerovsky, Marian; Hornychova, Helena; Kostal, Milan; Jacobsson, Bo
- Abstract
The fetal spleen is involved in the response to intrauterine infection and inflammation. The flow pattern of its vein is not pulsatile in normal conditions. The aim of the study was to determine whether the presence of histological chorioamnionitis and funisitis is associated with a continuous or pulsatile flow pattern in the fetal splenic vein. We performed a prospective study including 79 women with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes. We found a relation between pulsation in the splenic vein and histological chorioamnionitis (likelihood ratio 13.2), as well as funisitis (likelihood ratio 5.7). Ultrasound evaluation of the splenic vein could be a non-invasive tool for the prediction of these inflammatory complications.
- Publication
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2012, Vol 91, Issue 9, p1119
- ISSN
0001-6349
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01450.x