Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Pages: 719-726

Journal: Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volume number: 82

Issue number: 07

ISSN: 0016-5751

eISSN: 1438-8804

Open access status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1761-1337

Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag

Abstract: 
The remaining placental reserve capacity at term plays a decisive role in the perinatal morbidity of mother and child. Considering advances made in the field of fetal monitoring, the routine examination methods currently used at term or late term may be insufficient to detect subclinical placental dysfunction (PD). The aim of this study is to offer an up-to-date, narrative review of the literature in the context of detecting PD at term using complementary ultrasound markers and biomarkers. Parameters of fetomaternal Doppler ultrasound and fetal cardiac function, as well as (anti-)angiogenic factors in maternal serum are potential PD markers. These may help identify patients that may benefit from an elective, early induction of labor at term, thereby potentially reducing morbidity and mortality. However, their value in terms of the optimal date of delivery must first be determined in randomized controlled trials on a large number of cases.

Harvard Citation style: Graupner, O., Kuschel, B., Axt-Fliedner, R. and Enzensberger, C. (2022) New Markers for Placental Dysfunction at Term - Potential for More, Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 82(07), pp. 719-726. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1761-1337

APA Citation style: Graupner, O., Kuschel, B., Axt-Fliedner, R., & Enzensberger, C. (2022). New Markers for Placental Dysfunction at Term - Potential for More. Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde. 82(07), 719-726. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1761-1337