oxytocin and Growth-Disorders

Topics: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Animals; Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; Endocrine System Diseases; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; Growth Disorders; Growth Hormone; Humans; Hypothalamic Hormones; Oxytocin; Pituitary Hormones; Somatostatin

A simple hihg-risk pregnancy management protocol is presented. Three basic quantitative tests of fetal-placental function are utilized. The advantages and proper application and interpretation of these laboratory tools are discussed. Perinatal outcome is analyzed in the initial 225 high-risk pregnancies managed according to the protocol. Over 94% of the infants achieved 5 minute Apgar scores of 8 or above. The corrected perinatal mortality rate was only 8.8 per 1,000 live births.

Topics: Apgar Score; Birth Weight; Estriol; Female; Fetal Death; Fetal Diseases; Fetus; Gestational Age; Growth; Growth Disorders; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Maternal-Fetal Exchange; Oxytocin; Placental Insufficiency; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Risk; Ultrasonography

Topics: Acceleration; Adult; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Heart; Growth Disorders; Heart Rate; Humans; Hypertension; Infant, Newborn; Maternal-Fetal Exchange; Methods; Muscle Contraction; Oxytocin; Placenta Diseases; Pre-Eclampsia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Uterus

Topics: Alkaline Phosphatase; Aminopeptidases; Birth Weight; Cephalometry; Cystinyl Aminopeptidase; Embryonic and Fetal Development; Estriol; Female; Gestational Age; Growth Disorders; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Oxytocin; Pre-Eclampsia; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography

Topics: Alkaline Phosphatase; Chorionic Gonadotropin; Embryonic and Fetal Development; Estriol; Female; Fetal Death; Fetal Heart; Fetoscopy; Growth Disorders; Heart Rate; Humans; Oxytocin; Parietal Bone; Placenta Diseases; Placental Lactogen; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Ultrasonography