Abstract
Objective: This study aims to compare outcomes of antenatal testing in women who received testing between 40 weeks and 40+6 weeks versus those who received testing at ≥41 weeks.
Materials and methods: This retrospective study included women without maternal comorbidities, who were referred for outpatient antenatal testing for gestational age ≥40 weeks. We compared women who received antenatal testing between 40 and 40+6 weeks (Group 1), to those who were only tested at ≥41 weeks (Group 2).
Results: A total of 827 Group 1 and 244 Group 2 pregnancies were evaluated. One-hundred and eighty-nine (18%) were sent to labor and delivery (L&D) for further evaluation. There were no significant differences between groups in terms of being sent or admitted to labor and delivery, the reason for which women were sent, induction of labor, mode of delivery, neonatal length of stay, or admission to intensive care.
Conclusion: Pregnancies tested at 40 weeks were identified as abnormal and sent to L&D at the same rate as those tested at 41 weeks. Therefore, it may be reasonable to initiate fetal surveillance at the estimated date of delivery.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Sandy M. Field, PhD, for the medical writing assistance provided in the preparation of this manuscript.
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- Frontmatter
- Academy’s Corner
- Obstetrical Doppler: the evidence today
- Review article
- Fetal complications due to intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
- Original articles – Obstetrics
- Pre-pregnancy obesity compromises obstetric and neonatal outcomes
- Novel application of three-dimensional HDlive imaging in prenatal diagnosis from the first trimester
- Placental gene expression of inflammatory markers and growth factors – a case control study of obese and normal weight women
- Haemorrhagic and thrombotic complications in pregnant women with acquired and congenital cardiac disease
- Intrapartum ultrasound prior to Kristeller maneuver: an observational study
- Interinstitutional variations in mode of birth after a previous caesarean section: a cross-sectional study in six German hospitals
- Use of the angle of progression on ultrasonography to predict spontaneous onset of labor within 7 days
- Study of the relationship in pregnant women between hepatitis B markers and a placenta positive for hepatitis B surface antigen
- Sarcoidosis and pregnancy: obstetrical and neonatal outcomes in a population-based cohort of 7 million births
- Original articles – Fetus
- MR imaging of the fetal brain at 1.5T and 3.0T field strengths: comparing specific absorption rate (SAR) and image quality
- Sex differences in the fetal heart rate variability indices of twins
- Original articles – Newborn
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- Associated anomalies in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: perinatal characteristics and impact on postnatal survival
- The value of lipopolysaccharide binding protein for diagnosis of late-onset neonatal sepsis in very low birth weight infants
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