The aim of this study was to compare fetal lung elastography (FAE) values between groups with and without Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in preterm neonates and to evaluate the potential of FAE to predict the risk of developing RDS.
Who can participate
Age range24 Weeks – 34 Weeks
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* 18-45 years old
* Single pregnant women who were followed up with a diagnosis of preterm labor between 24-33 weeks and who volunteered and consented to the study
* Measured at least 24 hours after antenatal corticosteroid and delivered within a maximum of 72 hours after measurement
Exclusion Criteria:
* Multiple pregnancies
* Amniotic fluid pathologies
* Fetal lung and liver diseases
* Fetal genetic and structural anomalies
* Signs and diagnoses of systemic maternal diseases
* Advanced maternal obesity preventing measurement
* Patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of preterm labor and discharged before delivery
* Presence of comorbid diseases of pregnancy (GDM, hypertensive diseases of pregnancy, PPROM, chorioamnionitis etc.)
* Pregnant women over 45 years of age, systemic conditions (history of chronic, mental, physical illness, severe renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal acute/chronic inflammatory disease, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, hypertension, type 1/2 DM, history of malignancy, smoking, alcohol use)
What they're measuring
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Fetal Lung Elastography Measurement
Timeframe: Prenatal (24-34 gestational weeks, before 72 hours to delivery)