Re: TTTS
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Thu May 5 08:41:49 2005
Would suggest contacting Ruben Quintero, MD.
http://64.29.226.180/body_womens.cfm?id=770
art
At Thu, 05 May 2005, James Smeltzer wrote:
>
>Hi!
>
>Yesterday I saw a set of MC/DA female twins with one "stuck" but
>moving, mildly SGA and without CHF. Moderate (5%ile) cephalization. MCA
>Vmax 41 @ 23 weeks (Almost 1.5 MoM). Twin had ascites (large), LARGE MR
>and TR, but IVC waveform and DV waveforms were pretty good. Hydramnios
>but uterus soft and Cx 3.5 cm long and closed. Placenta was posterior.
>Both moving well.
>
>No anomalies other than ascites, cardiomegaly, MR, TR and a small
>pericardial effusion.
>
>By the ascites, hydramnios, MR and TR this is grade 4, but by twin
>appearance, behavior, cervix, & arterial and venous doppplers this was
>grade 1.
>
>When should I start to do amnioreduction? Who is doing ablations? Is
>there an NIH protocol? - Vanderbilt is reasonable distance and Tampa
>do-able from here.
>
>Thanks
>
>Jim Smeltzer
>
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