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OBJETIVO: este estudo, realizado em gestações com aloimunização pelo fator Rh, tem como objetivo descrever as alterações gasométricas e do equilíbrio ácido-básico fetal antes e após transfusões intra-uterinas (TIU). MÉTODO: no período de junho de 2001 a outubro de 2001, antes e após a TIU em fetos de gestantes aloimunizadas, foram avaliados prospectivamente a gasometria e o equilíbrio ácido-básico no sangue da veia umbilical. As medidas foram realizadas em 8 amostras de sangue de 5 fetos. O sangue fetal foi obtido por cordocentese da veia umbilical antes e após TIU. Os resultados obtidos foram comparados com a expansão volêmica na TIU, a idade gestacional no procedimento, o peso fetal estimado pela ultra-sonografia e as variações da hemoglobina fetal (g/dL). RESULTADOS: em todos os casos foi observada queda nos valores do pH, com redução média de 0,09 (DP=0,02). A hemoglobina fetal apresentou aumento médio de 8,4 g/dL (DP=2,9 g/dL). Foi constatada também variação negativa da pO2 (média = -1,28 mmHg) na concentração de HCO3_ (média = _2,25 mEq/l). Houve aumento da pCO2 (média = 3,2 mmHg) e redução nos valores do excesso de bases (média = -3,75). CONCLUSÃO: a análise das gasometrias permite concluir que o procedimento de TIU acompanha-se de queda nos valores do pH de sangue de veia umbilical, demonstrando haver acidemia fetal relativa após o procedimento.

Introduction: The present study aims to investigate the association of spontaneous labor onset with neonatal outcomes in pregnancies with fetal gastroschisis. The secondary goal was to evaluate the association between ultrasound markers and labor onset in pregnancies with fetal gastroschisis.Material and Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed for 207 pregnancies with fetal gastroschisis between 2005 and 2017. Patients were followed according to a strict protocol involving ultrasound scans and routine evaluations of fetal biophysical profile parameters and intra- and extra-abdominal bowel diameters. Labor, delivery and neonatal records were reviewed. The neonatal outcomes were complex gastroschisis, staged surgical closure of the abdominal defect, short bowel syndrome, time on mechanical ventilation, time to full enteral feeding and necrotizing enterocolitis.Results: Spontaneous labor onset was associated with complex gastroschisis (30.7% vs 6.8%, P = 0.002) and short bowel syndrome (13.2% vs none, P = 0.013) in cases with spontaneous preterm delivery compared with the indicated preterm deliveries. Spontaneous labor onset was associated with a longer time on mechanical ventilation for term and preterm newborns. Associations were not observed between ultrasound markers and spontaneous labor onset.Conclusions: Spontaneous labor onset in pregnancies with fetal gastroschisis was associated with adverse neonatal outcomes, particularly in those born preterm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To study the effect of fetal anemia on fetal cardiac troponin T (cTnT) in pregnancies complicated by RhD alloimmunization. Method: Twenty pregnant women complicated by RhD alloimmunization who underwent intrauterine transfusion (IUT) for treatment of fetal anemia were studied. Immediately before IUT, fetal blood was obtained for hemoglobin and cTnT measurements. Results: Complete measurements of hemoglobin and cTnT before IUT were obtained in 49 procedures, of which 20 were first-time. The regression analysis between hemoglobin z-score and cTnT values in 49 procedures showed significant negative correlation (r = −0.43, p = 0.002, Regression equation Log(cTnT) = −1.5057 + −0.07563 Hb z-score). Cardiac TnT values before first IUT were significantly associated with perinatal death. In the group with elevated cTnT ( n = 7), fetal or neonatal death was more frequent (2 IUD and 2 NND) when compared to normal cTnT group ( n = 13, 1 IUD) (57.1 vs. 7.7%, p = 0.031, Fisher's exact test). Conclusion: Fetal blood concentration of cTnT before IUT was negatively correlated to hemoglobin z-score, and levels of cTnT help to manage the pregnancies complicated by RhD alloimmunization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]