The FMF algorithm to predict PE was effective in a Brazilian population, mainly in the early-onset form of the disease at 10% FP.

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ObjectiveTo evaluate the performance of the preeclampsia (PE) screening algorithm of the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) during the first trimester in a Brazilian population using maternal characteristics, mean arterial pressure (MAP), and uterine artery Doppler data.MethodsThis is a prospective cohort study that evaluated 701 pregnant women during the first trimester ultrasound screening for chromosomal abnormalities (11–13+6 weeks). All patients provided information regarding clinical and obstetric history, MAP, and mean uterine artery pulsatility index (mean PI). Patients were assigned to four groups based on the presence of PE and gestational age at delivery: group 1 (control), patients without hypertensive disorders (n=571); group 2, PE and delivery before 34 weeks of gestation (n=7); group 3, PE and delivery before 37 weeks of gestation, including patients from group 2 and patients that presented PE with delivery between 34 and 37 weeks (n=17); and group 4, PE and delivery before 42 weeks of gestation, including patients from both groups 2 and 3 and patients that presented PE with delivery between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation (n=34).ResultsAfter the exclusion of 96 patients, we evaluated the data of 605 patients. By combining maternal characteristics, MAP, and the mean uterine artery PI for the detection of PE, we found a sensitivity of 71.4% in group 2, 50% in group 3, and 41.2% in group 4 (false positive rate=10%).ConclusionUsing maternal characteristics, MAP, and uterine artery Doppler data, we were able to identify a significant proportion of patients who developed preterm PE.

OBJETIVO: Avaliar e confrontar a presença de alterações ultra-sonográficas nas gestações Rh negativo sensibilizadas, quando a anemia fetal foi determinada ou pela espectrofotometria do líquido amniótico, ou pela dopplervelocimetria da artéria cerebral média. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Observacional descritivo com grupo de comparação. Nosso grupo de estudo foi constituído por 99 pacientes, avaliadas no período de janeiro de 1995 a janeiro de 2004. Foram analisados e comparados dois grupos: 74 gestantes sensibilizadas pelo fator Rh cuja anemia fetal foi acompanhada pela espectrofotometria (grupo SE) e 25 gestantes sensibilizadas pelo fator Rh cuja anemia fetal foi acompanhada pela dopplervelocimetria (grupo SD). Avaliamos a presença ou não de alterações ultra-sonográficas no acompanhamento pré-natal e confrontamos os dois grupos de estudo. RESULTADOS: No grupo cuja anemia fetal foi acompanhada através da espectrofotometria (grupo SE), apuramos modificações placentárias, principalmente o aumento da espessura e sua alteração textural, mais assiduamente que as encontradiças no grupo de gestantes sensibilizadas, em que a anemia foi determinada através da dopplervelocimetria (grupo SD) (64% × 32%, F = 6,294). CONCLU-SÃO: As alterações ultra-sonográficas foram detectadas em dobro quando a anemia foi avaliada pela espectrofotometria em comparação com o grupo seguido pela dopplervelocimetria. Unitermos: Isoimunização; Anemia fetal; Artéria cerebral média; Ultra-som Doppler; Aloanticorpos; Eritroblastose fetal.Ultrasound findings in Rh-alloimmunized pregnancies assessed by spectrophotometric analysis of amniotic fluid and Doppler velocimetry of fetal middle cerebral artery. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and compare existing ultrasound findings in women with Rh-alloimmunized pregnancies with diagnosis of fetal anemia by spectrophotometric analysis of amniotic fluid or Doppler ultrasound of the fetal middle cerebral artery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was an observational descriptive study involving 99 patients evaluated between January 1995 and January 2004. Patients were divided into two groups: 74 Rh-isoimmunized women submitted to spectrophotometry of the amniotic fluid (group S) and 25 Rh-isoimmunized women submitted to Doppler ultrasound of fetal middle cerebral artery (group D) to evaluate fetal anemia. Ultrasound findings in the two groups were compared. RESULTS: Placental anomalies, mainly placentomegaly and textural irregularities were more frequently seen in pregnant women followed up with spectrophotometry of the amniotic fluid compared to those followed up with Doppler ultrasound (64% × 32%, F = 6,294). CONCLUSION: The frequency of abnormal ultrasound findings was 2-fold higher in pregnancies evaluated with spectrophotometry of the amniotic fluid compared to those followed up with Doppler ultrasound. INTRODUÇÃOA aloimunização pelas células vermelhas do sangue é caracterizada por ser distúrbio imunológico conseqüente a incompatibilidade sanguínea materno-fetal, que determina doença hemolítica no feto e recém-nascido. Há dest...