Amjad Ali, Marium Shoukat, Muhammad Usman Bashir, Ahmed Danyal.
Amniotic Fluid Assessment; Dynamic Role Of Ultrasonography In Amniotic Fluid Assessment In Pregnancy In Pakistan.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(9):1365-75.

Objectives: To assess amniotic fluid volume in second and third trimester of pregnancy in Pakistani population. Period: Three months. Setting: Talha ultrasound, Multan. Material and Methods: I have started my work by collecting data from the month of November, 2015 to February, 2016. The machines which have been used for data collection were Xario and Z-5 ultrasound Doppler machines with transabdominal (3.5-5MHz) probes. A group of 100 Pakistani married female patients of different age groups was included. These patients were having normal criteria of second and third trimester (14-40 weeks gestational age). Results: 100 married female patients were selected having different age group. There were no significant difference found in the means of large pocket volume and four pocket volumes of second and third trimester of pregnancy. Conclusion: Ultrasound plays an important role in assessment of amniotic fluid volume. If there is one unit change in large pocket volume (LPV) than four pocket volume (FPV) will change by 2.37 and 2.146 in second and third trimester, respectively.

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