Direct measurements of fetal cerebral blood-flow velocity with duplex Doppler ultrasound |
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| Authors: | G D Lang M I Levene A Dougall D Shortland D H Evans |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leicester University School of Medicine, Leicester Royal Infirmary, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | A new Doppler technique for assessing the fetal cerebral circulation is described. Cerebral blood-flow velocity was measured in 15 fetuses and 18 neonates of similar gestational age. The median fetal and neonatal velocities were 4.5 cm/s and 8 cm/s, respectively, with a larger range in the neonatal values. This technique is a noninvasive method of studying fetal cerebral physiology and may be of value in detecting intra-uterine asphyxia. |
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