Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of fetal right heart doppler findings in determination of pulmonary maturity. Materials and Methods: Pregnant women refered to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Karadeniz Technical University were included in the study. Pregnant women with pregestational or gestational diabetes mellitus, morbid obesity, thyroid dysfunction and fetal abnormality aneuploidy were not included in the study. The study was planned on women with late preterm and term pregnancy. Late preterm cases between 34-37 weeks were included in study group and term cases over 37 weeks were in control group. The doppler findings of main pulmonary artery and right pulmonary artery, mitral valve e/a wave ratio and lamellar body count were determined as the main outcomes. During caesarean section, 5cc amniotic fluid was taken to measure lamellar bodies count. Perinatal results of patients were recorded. p\<0.05 was considered as statistical significance.
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lamellar body count
Timeframe: immediately after the procedure(1year)
Doppler data of main pulmonary artery and right pulmonary artery, mitral valve e/a wave ratio
Timeframe: immediately after the procedure (1year)