The effect of maternal anaemia and iron deficiency on the ratio of fetal weight to placental weight
The effect of maternal anaemia and iron deficiency on the ratio of fetal weight to placental weight
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母亲贫血和缺铁对胎儿体重与胎盘重量比的影响
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1992
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P. Steer
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P. Steer
Dear Sir, The conclusion reached by Maxwell et ul. (199 1) that the risk of fetal blood sampling is increased in abnormal pregnancies is not valid. What they have described are four groups of complicated pregnancies that have different pregnancy losses. The primary reason is the underlying pathology and the authors acknowledge this. In the discussion they stress that it is uncertain as to how much of the increased loss in the complicated pregnancies is due to the procedure or to the natural history of the disease. Indeed. in the case of non-immune hydrops the intrauterine death rate described in the literature before the days of cordocentesis has been reported to be 51% (Gough et al. 1986), and this is not higher than described here (13/29 = 45%). In the authors’ words, there was no control group in which no procedure was performed so a precise procedure-related risk cannot be established for any of the groups in the study. D. Economides Nuffield Department of Obstetrics und Gynaecology John Radcliffe Hospital Maternity Dept Oxford OX3 9DU