:: Article: Co-Relation of Non-Stress Test and Amniotic Fluid Volume in Antenatal Fetal Monitoring
:: Author(s): SK Patil, RH Ghregrat, SS Khadilkar, KK Deshmukh
:: Keyword : Co-Relation of Non-Stress Test and Amniotic Fluid Volume in Antenatal Fetal Monitoring

:: Summary:- : patients were monitored antenatally for fetal well being at the Grant Medical College, J. J. Hospital, Bombay for 2 years from Jan. 90 to Dec. 91. The purpose of this study was to study the perinatal outcome of high risk cases which were monitored by N. S. T. and especially to co-relate the results of non-reactive NST group with amniotic fluid volume studied ultra-sonographically.A total of 902 recordings were made in 650 patients for various high risk indications like post-maturity, PIH, IUGR, BOH etc. 65% of nonreactive cases required LS CS, 20% were delivered with vaccum or forceps and 15% had normal vaginal delivery. The Incidence of meconium was 34% and fetal distress 20% in non-reactive cases, there were 3 still births and 2 neonatal deaths in the non-reactive group. The incidence of neonatal morbidity was 44% as compared to 1.8% in the reactive group. Screening patients with USG, for non-reactive NST cases, decreases incidence of false positive tests to 7.2% and decreases perinatal morbidity and mortality.

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