Re: amniotic fluid volumes
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Jun 13 10:30:14 2006
This one might help -
>From Grey Journal - Dec 2004
Volume 191, Issue 6, Pages 2148-2153
Correlation of measured amnionic fluid volume to sonographic and
magnetic resonance predictions
art
At Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Dr. Ainsworth wrote:
>
>I'll resend this message tomorrow from my office, half of the message is
>missing!! Any idea why this and other emails I've sent are truncated? Is
>it happening at the OB-gyn website, or is it happening in my email
>program, Outlook??
>
>At Mon, 12 Jun 2006, ainsron wrote:
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>>Looks like the best reference is Chamberlain, Manning, et.al; Ultrasound
>>150:245-249.
>>The classic article on Amniotic fluid volume in pregnancy is by Queenan,
>>his
>>book, Management of High-risk pregnancy. It shows amniotic fluid volume
>>or -
>>1 SD). How long it takes to reaccumulate depends on pathologic process. He
>>states that the fetus produces 43 mL of urine per hour and the average
>>studies
>>from 1959 by Hutchinson.
>>
>>Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD, FACOG
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Charlie
>>Chambers
>>Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 12:57 PM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>Subject: amniotic fluid volumes
>>
>>I'm trying to correlate AFI's to true amniotic fluid volume. Does anyone
>>normal
>>true volume at term? And lastly, if one performs a reduction amnio, over
>>what length of time does the fluid reaccumulate?
>>
>>Thanks for the help. I couldn't find it in my references.
>>
>>--
>>Charlie Chambers
>>
>>Hood River, OR
>>
>>cchamber@alumni.rice.edu
>>
>>"No matter where you go...
>>
>> there you are."
>>
>>Dr. Buckaroo Banzai
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art fougner, md
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