Journal of Women's Health Care
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Akinola Babalola

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• Research Article
  Comparison of Amniotic Fluid Index at Different Gestational Age in Normal Pregnancy
  Author(s): Francis Olayemi Adebayo, Olatunde Onafowokan, Akinola Babalola, Nathaniel Adewole and Benjamin Nggada Francis Olayemi Adebayo, Olatunde Onafowokan, Akinola Babalola, Nathaniel Adewole and Benjamin Nggada
  
  Sonographic assessment of amniotic fluid has formed an integral and important component of pregnancy assessment of fetal wellbeing. Changes in amniotic fluid volume are associated with variable outcome of the fetus. Amniotic fluid index which is an objective means of assessing adequacy of amniotic fluid volume does not only vary with gestational age but also differs from population to population. The study determined the reference values of amniotic fluid index and compared the values with the established ranges throughout gestation in uncomplicated singleton pregnancies among women attending our antenatal care facility. This was a longitudinal prospective assessment of amniotic fluid index in eighty six healthy pregnant women with singleton pregnancies recruited at 20 to 22 weeks of gestation and followed up to 41 weeks and 3 days. The patients recruited at 20 weeks had amniotic flui.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0420.1000377

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