Analysis of factors influencing ultrasound-based fetal weight estimation.

Objectives: Determining the mean deviation between estimated fetal weight (EFW) measured by ultrasound biometry and the real final birth weight and defining the factors influencing the accuracy of weight estimation.

Background: Estimated weight of the fetus before birth is valuable information for obstetricians particularlyin choosing the method, management, and timing of delivery.

Methods: The retrospective study analyzed 331 medical records of induced labor between January and June 2021.

Amniopatch as an active treatment of spontaneous previable rupture of membranes.

Objective: To assess the use of amniopatch - intraamniotic application of maternal platelets and cryoprecipitate, in patients after spontaneous previable rupture of membranes (sPPPROM) in terms of its effect on the course and outcome of pregnancy in the largest cohort so far. Since the amniopatch is currently used only to treat patients with iatrogenic preterm rupture of membranes, aim of this study was to find out, if amniopatch could be also used in case of sPPPROM as a safe alternative to currently used expectant management and to compare the results with published data on expectant management.

Methods: The study included 53 patients with single-fetal pregnancy after sPPPROM who underwent amniopatch as an experimental method in the years 2008-2019.

Is amniopatch an effective treatment for spontaneous previable premature rupture of membranes? Analysis of perinatal outcome.

Objectives: To characterize the perinatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by spontaneous previable premature rupture of membranes with a therapeutic intervention in the form of amniopatch (AP) at the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2008‒2019).

Materials And Methods: The retrospective analysis of perinatal markers and early neonatal morbidity of pregnancies treated with amniopatch. Discussion comparison with the published papers of cases of spontaneous previable rupture of membranes managed expectantly.

Simple ultrasound evaluation of fetal adrenal glands as a marker of imminent preterm birth: a preliminary report.

Objective: We present a simple 2D big ultrasound measurement of the fetal adrenal glands and their biometrical growth analysis highlighted as a potential preterm birth marker.

Methods: This was a prospective observational case-control study. Sixty-four patients were included in the study (32 with the diagnosis of imminent preterm birth before 37 and 32 controls) from January 2018 to May 2020.

Routine betamethasone therapy of non-hydropic fetuses with CPAM - the way to improve perinatal outcome?

Authors discuss novel approach to the management of fetal congenital pulmonary cystic malformation (CPAM) and possible benefit of routine administration of betamethasone, which is currently recommended only for severe cases. The article presents authors' own experience with antenatally diagnosed CPAM and describes 4 cases of prenatally diagnosed CPAM without hydrops treated by two doses of betamethasone at 21-31 weeks of gestation with the aim of improving the perinatal prognosis by effect on not only mortality but also postnatal morbidity. Article also summarizes current knowledge on all aspects of the prenatal CPAM focusing on its treatment options.