[Amniotic fluid index during labor in women with EPH gestosis]

Intrapartal cardiotocographic disturbances of fetal heart rate patterns, the way of delivery and the neonate state have been analyzed in the group of 61 women in labor with pregnancy complicated by EPH gestosis. The results have been compared with pre-labor values of amniotic fluid index (AFI) in that group. In the group of 30 women in labor with AFI < or = 5 cm the analysis revealed the higher prevalence of non stress test reactivity losses, severe variable decelerations, late decelerations, cesarean sections and lower birth weight in comparison with the group of 31 women in labor with AFI > 5 cm. The study revealed that pre-labor AFI value estimation is usefull in predicting possibilities of fetal compromise during labor in women with pregnancies complicated by EPH gestosis.