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. 2022 Dec;35(25):5754-5760.
doi: 10.1080/14767058.2021.1892068. Epub 2021 Feb 28.

Oligohydramnios: how severe is severe?

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Oligohydramnios: how severe is severe?

Nataly Zilberman Sharon et al. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether the severity of isolated oligohydramnios at term is associated with increased rates of adverse perinatal outcome.

Study design: A retrospective study conducted in a single medical center from 2017 to 2019. All low-risk pregnancies with incidental isolated oligohydramnios at term were included. The degree of oligohydramnios was arbitrarily classified into mild (AFI = 41-50 mm), moderate (AFI = 21-40 mm) and severe (AFI = 0-20 mm).

Result: A total of 610 women were included: 202 with a mild (33.1%), 287 moderate (47.0%), and 121 severe oligohydramnios (19.8%). Non-reassuring monitor requiring immediate delivery and worse composite neonatal outcome were more common among severe than mild or moderate oligohydramnios (14.0% and 6.4%, 7.3% respectively; p = .039 and 19.8%, 10.9% and 11.8%, respectively; p = .048).

Conclusion: Low-risk pregnancies with isolated severe oligohydramnios at term have a higher tendency toward non-reassuring fetal monitoring requiring prompt delivery and adverse neonatal outcomes, this calls for close intrapartum surveillance.

Keywords: Amniotic fluid index; low risk pregnancies; obstetric outcome; oligohydramnios.

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