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Normal fetal urine production rate estimated with 3-dimensional ultrasonography using the rotational technique (virtual organ computer-aided analysis)

Published inAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology, vol. 199, no. 1, p. 57.e1-5
Publication date2008
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess hourly fetal urine production rates (HFUPRs) and establish a nomogram by measuring bladder volumes with 3-dimensional ultrasound. STUDY DESIGN: Fetal urine bladder volume was estimated in 167 normal singleton pregnancies with neither oligohydramnios nor polyhydramnios, at a gestational age of 20-41 weeks. HFUPR was estimated in a regression analysis that included at least 3 volumes calculated during the filling phase with the Virtual Organ Computed-aided AnaLysis (VOCAL) technique. We estimated interoperator variability for HFUPR less than 10 mL/h and HFUPR greater than 10 mL/h. RESULTS: Fetal urine production rates at 25, 30, 35, and 40 weeks were 7.5, 22.2, 56.1, and 125.1 mL/h, respectively. The intraclass correlation coefficients for interoperator variability were 99.2% for HFUPR less than 10 mL/hour and 97.1% for HFUPR greater than 10 mL/h. CONCLUSION: Prenatal measurement of HFUPR with 3-dimensional VOCAL ultrasound is reproducible and may help to determine the cause and prognosis of amniotic fluid volume abnormalities.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Amniotic Fluid/ultrasonography
  • Female
  • Fetus/physiology
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Observer Variation
  • Oligohydramnios/ultrasonography
  • Polyhydramnios/ultrasonography
  • Pregnancy
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal/methods
  • Urine
Citation (ISO format)
TOUBOUL, Cyril et al. Normal fetal urine production rate estimated with 3-dimensional ultrasonography using the rotational technique (virtual organ computer-aided analysis). In: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2008, vol. 199, n° 1, p. 57.e1–5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.12.012
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