Clinical trial NCT04100252: The Impact of Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) on Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women With Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
Official title: The Impact of Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) on Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women With Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Premature Rupture of Membrane
Amniotic Fluid Leakage
Maternal Complication of Pregnancy
Fetal Complications
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Medeniyet University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-09-24
Enrollment: 48
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Pregnant women who were diagnosed as PPROM between 23+0 and 33+0 gestational ages.

Brief summary: Pregnant women who admitted with the complaint of amniotic fluid leakage between the gestational ages of 23+0 and 33+0 and who finally were diagnosed as PPROM were included in the study. Women with multiple gestations, cervical dilatation above 6 cm at the admission, hypertensive diseases, cervical cerclage, fetal anomalies, olgohydramnios, polihydramnios, and those who declined to involve in the study were excluded.

In all included women were examined at the admission for amniotic fluid index via trans abdominal ultrasonography. AFI were measured by four quadrant technique, which is sum of the deepest vertical length of pocket of fluid in each quadrant without any umbilical cord. All included patients were assessed in two groups; women with AFI\<5 and those with AFI≥5 cm.

Included patients were followed in terms of maternal and fetal complications. Maternal complications were chorioamnionitis, placental abruption, placental retention, postpartum endometritis, postpartum hemorrhage; while fetal complications comprised necessity of admission to neonatal intensive care unit, neonatal sepsis, meconium aspiration syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular hemorrhage, umbilical cord pH below 7.10, APGAR score of 5th minute below 5. All complication rates were compared between the groups. In addition, the time period between the diagnosis of PPROM and the time of delivery was defined as latency period and were compared between the groups.

Detailed description: Pregnant women who admitted with the complaint of amniotic fluid leakage between the gestational ages of 23+0 and 33+0 were examined for the inclusion criteria of the study. Among them, women with usual history of gross amniotic fluid leakage as well as classical speculum findings of ROM, such as pooling of amnitotic fluid within the posterior fornix or vaginal wall, were diagnosed as PPROM and included in the study without any further investigation. In case of the absence of these findings and suspected cases, PPROM was diagnosed via placental alpha-microglobulin-1 test from the vaginal fluid. Those with positive test results were included in the study. Women with multiple gestations, cervical dilatation above 6 cm at the admission, hypertensive diseases, cervical cerclage, fetal anomalies, olgohydramnios, polihydramnios, and those who declined to involve in the study were excluded.

In all included women were examined at the admission for amniotic fluid index via trans abdominal ultrasonography. AFI were measured by four quadrant technique, which is sum of the deepest vertical length of pocket of fluid in each quadrant without any umbilical cord. All included patients were assessed in two groups; women with AFI\<5 and those with AFI≥5 cm.

Included patients were followed in terms of maternal and fetal complications. Maternal complications were chorioamnionitis, placental abruption, placental retention, postpartum endometritis, postpartum hemorrhage; while fetal complications comprised necessity of admission to neonatal intensive care unit, neonatal sepsis, meconium aspiration syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular hemorrhage, umbilical cord pH below 7.10, APGAR score of 5th minute below 5. All complication rates were compared between the groups. In addition, the time period between the diagnosis of PPROM and the time of delivery was defined as latency period and were compared between the groups.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Pregnant women Diagnosis of PPROM between 23+0 and 33+0 gestational ages. -

Exclusion Criteria:

Multiple gestations, C Cervical dilatation above 6 cm at the admission, Hypertensive diseases, Cervical cerclage, Fetal anomalies, Oligohydramnios, Polihydramnios, Those who declined to participate in the study.

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Pregnant Women experiencing Complications
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: Number of fetuses and newborns experiencing complications
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Latency Time
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul Medeniyet University, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital
state: Kadikoy
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