Relationship between Ultrasonic Marker of Fetal Lung Maturity and Lamellar Body Count.

Background: The aim of this study was prediction the fetal lung maturity by ultrasonic markers and comparison by lamellar body count and fetal outcome.

Methods: A prospective Longitudinal study Department of perinatology of performed Emam Khomeini hospital and Mirza Kochak Khan Hospital in Tehran, Iran from March 2013 to January 2014. 100 pregnant women (37-40 weeks of gestation) who were admitted for elective cesarean section and referred for an obstetric ultrasound scan at the same day of their elective cesarean section were included.