Performance of an automatic quantitative ultrasound analysis of the fetal lung to predict fetal lung maturity.

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the performance of automatic quantitative ultrasound analysis (AQUA) texture extractor to predict fetal lung maturity tests in amniotic fluid.

Study Design: Singleton pregnancies (24.0-41.

Feasibility and reproducibility of fetal lung texture analysis by Automatic Quantitative Ultrasound Analysis and correlation with gestational age.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and reproducibility of fetal lung texture analysis using a novel automatic quantitative ultrasound analysis and to assess its correlation with gestational age.

Methods: Prospective cross-sectional observational study. To evaluate texture features, 957 left and right lung images in a 2D four-cardiac-chamber view plane were previously delineated from fetuses between 20 and 41 weeks of gestation.

Clinical and inflammatory markers in amniotic fluid as predictors of adverse outcomes in preterm premature rupture of membranes.

Objective: We sought to evaluate gestational age, cervical length, amniotic fluid interleukin (IL)-6, and selected proteomic biomarkers as independent predictors of adverse outcome in preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM).

Study Design: This was a prospective cohort study of 65 consecutive women with PPROM (20.0-34.