polyhydramnios

A single case of polyhydramnios may have one or more causes.

For a woman with symptomatic polyhydramnios may need hospital admission.

In a fetus, it leads to polyhydramnios and premature birth.

During the pregnancy, certain clinical signs may suggest polyhydramnios.

It is associated with polyhydramnios in the third trimester.

There are several pathologic conditions that can predispose a pregnancy to polyhydramnios.

It can initially present with polyhydramnios on prenatal ultrasound.

The fetal symptoms are related to fluid retention, including ascites and polyhydramnios.

The pregnancy sometimes is complicated by polyhydramnios.

The opposite to polyhydramnios is oligohydramnios, a deficiency in amniotic fluid.

Fumarase deficiency is characterized by polyhydramnios and fetal brain abnormalities.

Leopold's Maneuvers are difficult to perform on obese women and women who have polyhydramnios.

There are believed to be links with polyhydramnios (excessive amniotic sac fluid).

It is the opposite of polyhydramnios.

In some cases, amnioreduction, also known as therapeutic Amniocentesis, has been used in response to polyhydramnios.

Prenatal Bartter syndrome can be associated with polyhydramnios.

Polyhydramnios: An excessive amount of amniotic fluid.

Too much amniotic fluid in the uterus (polyhydramnios).

This condition is called polyhydramnios.

There are two clinical varieties of polyhydramnios:

In a multiple gestation pregnancy, the cause of polyhydramnios usually is twin-twin transfusion syndrome.

In another study, all patients with polyhydramnios, that had a sonographically normal fetus, showed no chromosomal anomalies.

Esophageal atresia and the subsequent inability to swallow typically cause polyhydramnios in utero.

Indomethacin readily crosses the placenta and can reduce fetal urine production to treat polyhydramnios.

Mild asymptomatic polyhydramnios is managed expectantly.