Eda ALBAYRAK, İsmail ŞALK, Ali ÇETİN, Mübeccel ARSLAN, Orhan SOLAK, Sultan ŞALK, Mustafa İŞLEYEN

The relation of pulsatility indices of middle cerebral, umbilical and uterine arteries with birth weight in normal pregnancies

Amaç. Bu çalışmanın amacı normal gebelerde orta serebral arter-umbilikal arter pulsatiliteindeksi oranı ve uterin arter pulsatilite ve rezistif indekslerinin doğum ağırlıkları ile ilişkisinideğerlendirmektir. Yöntem. Yüzaltmış sağlıklı gebeden pulsatilite indeksleri ile birlikte doğumağırlıkları elde edildi. Ölçümler 20. haftadan itibaren doğuma kadar beşer hafta aralıklarla yapıldı.20-40. gebelik haftalarındaki indeksler ve doğum ağırlığı arasındaki ilişki araştırıldı. Bulgular.Gebeliğin 40. haftasına doğru pulsatilite indekslerinin değerleri giderek azaldı. Uterus ve ortaserebral arterlerin pulsatilite indeksleri ve olguların doğum ağırlıkları arasında bir korelasyonvardı. Sonuç. Doppler pulsatilite indeksleri ölçümü doğum ağırlığını saptamada değerli olabilir.

Normal gebelerde doğum ağırlığı ile orta serebral, umbilikal ve uterin arter pulsatilite indekslerinin ilişkisi

Aim. The aim of this study was to assess the relation between middle cerebral to umbilical arterypulsatility index ratio and uterine artery pulsatility and resistive indices with birth weights innormal pregnancies. Methods. The pulsatility indices were obtained together with the birth weightfrom 160 healthy pregnancies. Measurements were done at five weeks intervals from 20 weeksgestation until delivery. A relationship between indices and birth weight was sought at gestationalage ranges of 20 th to 40th weeks. Results. The values of pulsatility indices towards to 40th weeksof gestation were decreased progressively. There was a correlation between the pulsatility indicesof uterine and the middle cerebral arteries nd the birth weights of cases. Conclusion. Dopplerpulsatility index measurements can be valuable in detecting birth weight

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