Value of Placental Volume and Vascular Flow Indices as Predictors of Early and Late Preeclampsia at First Trimester.

Introduction: We evaluated the utility of placental volume and three-dimensional (3D) vascular flow indices to predict early and late preeclampsia.

Material And Methods: In 1,004 pregnancies attending routine care, we recorded first-trimester screening program for aneuploidy (FTSA) parameter and measured uterine artery pulsatility index (uterine-a PI). Placental volume and vascular flow indices were obtained using 3D power Doppler and VOCAL techniques.

First trimester placental volume and vascular indices in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia.

Objective: To analyze placental volume and vascularization at first trimester in women with pre-eclampsia, and secondarily, the effect of maternal characteristics on placental development and perinatal outcomes.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study including women seen between 11 and 14 weeks of pregnancy. Biophysical and biochemical markers included in the screening program for aneuploidy were recorded.

Application of customized birth weight curves in the assessment of perinatal outcomes in infants of diabetic mothers.

Objective: To determine whether the use of customized curves (CC) allows better detection of large- (LGA) or small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants at risk of adverse perinatal morbidity than non-CC in women with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Material And Methods: A model of CC was applied to all infants of diabetic mothers (IDM) who attended the Hospital Universitario Materno Infantil de Canarias between 2008 and 2011. We compared perinatal outcomes of IDM classified as LGA or SGA by non-CC versus CC.