Lamellar body count as a diagnostic test in predicting neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.

Aim: To determine the lamellar body count (LBC) cutoff value for fetal lung maturity and to evaluate the clinical usefulness of LBC in predicting the severity of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).

Methods: A prospective study was conducted from 2002 until 2010. LBC was estimated in uncentrifugated amniotic fluid samples using Cell-Dyn 1800 analyzer.

Combination of vibroacoustic stimulation and acute variables of mFBP as a simple assessment method of low-risk fetuses.

Objectives: To observe a rate of fetal breathing and gross body movement appearance as physiologic reactions to the external vibroacoustic stimulation (VAS) and to establish a rapid and reliable antepartal method for accurate selecting of non-compromised fetuses in the low-risk population.

Methods: Actual condition of 742-term and near-term structurally normal and otherwise healthy singleton fetuses with favourable outcome was assessed by previously established combination of the modified fetal biophysical profile and VAS. Only inactive fetuses at the beginning of the testing were included in the study.