Predição da pré-eclâmpsia pelo estudo dopplervelocimétrico endovaginal das artérias uterinas entre 11-13 e 20-24 semanas de gestação / Screening for pre-eclampsia by transvaginal uterine artery Doppler at 11-13 and 20-24 weeks gestation

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2007

RESUMO

At São Paulo University Medical School, six hundred and forty five pregnant women were prospectively recruited for a longitudinal study involving transvaginal uterine artery Doppler assessment at 11?13+6 weeks and 20?24+6 weeks. Reference values for mean uterine artery Doppler indices were established from 344 cases with normal pregnancy outcome. Values found in the first examination were significantly higher and positively correlated to values obtained in the second examination (PI r= 0.42, RI r= 0.42, SD r= 0.29, p<0.0001). Bilateral notches were found in 43.9% of the cases examined between 11 and 13 weeks, and 4.4% of the cases in the second assessment. Twenty-five cases subsequently developed pre-eclampsia. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, likelihood ratios and relative risks were calculated for various uterine artery Doppler findings. Between 11 and 13+6 weeks, the ROC curve area was 0.51 for all three indices. At this stage, most uterine artery Doppler findings were not associated with increased risk of pre-eclampsia. At 20 to 20+6 weeks, ROC curve areas were higher (PI= 0.66, RI= 0.65, SD= 0.65) and increased impedance to flow (above the 85th centile) and/or bilateral notches were associated with a significant increase of the risk for the subsequent development of pre-eclampsia. However low sensitivity and positive predictive values do not support this as a screening method for pre-eclampsia in our population.

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forecasting pré-eclâmpsia previsões gravidez. ultra-sonografia doppler em cores ultrasonography doppler color pregnancy. pre-eclampsia

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