Assessment of amniotic fluid volume in diabetic and hypertensive women using ultrasound

Safa Anis Hassan; M. E. M. Garelnabi; Muna. A. Ali; Nagwan Elhussein

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

Assessment of amniotic fluid volume in diabetic and hypertensive women using ultrasound

Safa Anis Hassan, M. E. M. Garelnabi, Muna. A. Ali, Nagwan Elhussein

Abstract :

Ultrasound is the most commonly used imaging modality in the evaluation of amniotic fluid in pregnant women. Aim of study: was measurement of amniotic fluid volume in diabetic and hypertensive women. Method: this prospective study was performed in a period from May 2017 to Dec 2018, one hundred pregnant women were scanned by ultrasound machine to assess the amniotic fluid volume, 50 pregnant women have diabetes mellitus and 50 have hypertensive in the second and third trimester at Medical Corp Hospital, in Khartoum city, Sudan. Data collection: the data was collected using data sheet which include (maternal age, history of diabetes or hypertension, gestational age, placenta site, intrauterine fetal death (IUFD), previous abortions due to diabetes or hypertension, amniotic fluid volume and fetal anomalies). Data analysis: data was analyzed using SPSS to find the significant difference between the variables and the results presented in tables and graphs, significant correlation between the variables was represented in value(p=0.005). Results: 9% of sample was with polyhydramnios, and 7% of sample has, 84% haven‘t undergone complications. Conclusion: diabetes and hypertension can cause polyhydramnios or oligohydramnios in pregnant women which may lead to worse outcomes to mother , and even fetus.