More than fetal urine: enteral uptake of amniotic fluid as a major predictor for fetal growth during late gestation

The purpose of our study was to investigate the importance of amniotic fluid (AF) for fetal growth during late gestation using esophageal atresia (EA) patients as a model. In this retrospective cohort study, we compared the z -scores adapted for birth weights (BW z -scores) for each of 517 European...

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Published in:European journal of pediatrics 2016-06, Vol.175 (6), p.825-831
Main Authors: Bagci, Soyhan, Brosens, Erwin, Tibboel, Dick, De Klein, Annelies, Ijsselstijn, Hanneke, Wijers, Charlotte H. W., Roeleveld, Nel, de Blaauw, Ivo, Broens, Paul M., van Rooij, Iris A. L. M., Hölscher, Alice, Boemers, Thomas M., Pauly, Marcus, Münsterer, Oliver J., Schmiedeke, Eberhard, Schäfer, Mattias, Ure, Benno E., Lacher, Martin, Choinitzki, Vera, Schumacher, Johannes, Zwink, Nadine, Jenetzky, Ekkehart, Katzer, David, Arand, Joerg, Bartmann, Peter, Reutter, Heiko M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amniotic fluid
Amniotic Fluid - physiology
Anorectal Malformations - physiopathology
Birth weight
Birth Weight - physiology
Case-Control Studies
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Colon - abnormalities
Esophageal Atresia - physiopathology
Esophagus
Female
Fetal Development
Fetuses
Gestational Age
Hospitals
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Small for Gestational Age - physiology
Intensive care
Intestinal Atresia - physiopathology
Male
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neonatal care
Nutrition
Original Article
Pediatrics
Pregnancy
Retrospective Studies
Sex Distribution
Statistics, Nonparametric
Surgery
Urine
Urology
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Summary:The purpose of our study was to investigate the importance of amniotic fluid (AF) for fetal growth during late gestation using esophageal atresia (EA) patients as a model. In this retrospective cohort study, we compared the z -scores adapted for birth weights (BW z -scores) for each of 517 European newborns with congenital pre-gastric intestinal atresia, i.e., EA, to a European reference population. To account for the influence of the intestinal atresia on fetal growth per se, we compared adapted birth weights for each of 504 European newborns with post colonic intestinal atresia (anorectal malformation (ARM) with atresia of the anus) to the same European reference population. Analysis of the complete cohort showed (i) a significantly higher rate of small for gestational age newborns among EA compared to ARM newborns ( p  
ISSN:0340-6199
1432-1076
DOI:10.1007/s00431-016-2713-y