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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
Studies of maternal serum placental lactogen (hPL) levels in 70 women delivering beyond 42 weeks of gestation revealed significantly lower levels of hPL when the offspring had one or more of ten signs of postmaturity or distress. A sequential combination of hPL measurements and intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring (FHRM) (performed in 61 patients) gave a high degree of prognosis (75% of abnormalities detected, 88% with normal tests having no abnormalities). Considered separately, neither maternal serum hPL levels nor FHRM predicted abnormalities in the offspring to the same high degree. On the other hand, hPL could not be correlated with staining, desquamation, and the presence of meconium in the amniotic fluid at delivery, these criteria being considered separately or in combination. Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels during late gestation showed considerable variation and did not permit distinction between pregnancies with or without an abnormality in the offspring.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0029-7844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
445-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of postterm pregnancies with maternal serum placental lactogen and alpha-fetoprotein concentrations.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article