Objective:Iatrogenic acute limb ischaemia in paediatric patients is a well-recognised complication of vascular access. This retrospective review of a paediatric intensive care unit identified patients who developed iatrogenic acute limb ischaemia between January 2008 and July 2013. Methods: The medical records of inpatients diagnosed with acute limb ischaemia during the study period were reviewed. Patients with other causes of acute limb ischaemia were excluded. A descriptive analysis of demographics, primary diagnosis, type of vascular access used, affected anatomical region, clinical presentation, type of therapy, type of block, response to intervention used and outcomes was conducted. Results:A total of 28 patients presented with signs of acute limb ischaemia, of whom 28.6% were aged <30 days, 46.4 % were between one and 12 months and 25% were between one and five years old; 78.6% of the affected limbs were lower limbs. Four patients had resolution of ischaemia upon removal of the vascular access devices. 23 patients received various forms of pharmacological sympathectomy, in addition to conservative therapy. One patient had missing data on the type of sympathectomy that was done. The response to the sympathectomies was: 60.9% good, 8.7% moderate, 8.7% poor and in 21.7% no responses. Documented tissue loss related to the ischaemia occurred in six (21.4%) of the 28 patients. Conclusions: Iatrogenic acute limb ischaemia in children are usually managed without surgical intervention. Pharmacological sympathectomies lead to increased blood flow to the affected limb via vasodilatation of collateral vessels, with an added advantage of reducing ischemic pain. The improved blood flow is postulated to avoid and/or minimise the amount of tissue loss. Pharmacological sympathectomies may, thus, have a role to play in th e management of iatrogenic acute limb ischaemia in the paediatric population.

As afecções dos componentes umbilicais merecem destaque no período neonatal, pois são comumente encontradas nos bezerros, podendo levar a graves complicações. O diagnóstico das doenças umbilicais muitas vezes não é totalmente esclarecido pela palpação abdominal bimanual, uma vez que, em parcela dos casos, esse método semiológico não é sensível para determinar o grau de acometimento das estruturas umbilicais intra-abdominais. Assim, a ultrassonografia apresenta-se como um valioso exame complementar para o estabelecimento de um diagnóstico preciso sobre a localização e extensão das onfalopatias intra-abdominais. Diante dessas limitações e da raridade de pesquisas com estabelecimento de padrões da ultrassonografia do umbigo, a proposta desse estudo foi avaliar o processo de involução fisiológica dos componentes umbilicais de bezerros sadios, considerando o uso de antisséptico clássico, a tintura de iodo, em concentrações de 2% e 5%, usado na cura do umbigo nos primeiros dias após o nascimento. A avaliação foi realizada por meio do exame ultrassonográfico dos componentes umbilicais, em diferentes posições, caracterizando as modificações ocorridas durante o processo de involução, em relação ao aspecto das imagens, com medidas de diâmetro e espessura dos componentes vasculares e úraco, assim como às peculiaridades decorrentes dos dois tipos de desinfecção da região. Foram avaliados 23 bezerros da raça Holandesa, machos, oriundos de propriedade leiteira localizada no Estado de São Paulo, desde o nascimento até os 30 dias de vida. Os resultados obtidos, evidenciaram que a veia e as artérias umbilicais perdem as suas características de vasos, assumindo aspecto de ligamento devido à proliferação de tecido fibroso. Esse processo caracterizou-se e seguiu um padrão, no qual o tecido fibroso inicialmente estava presente na região interna da parede do vaso, seguindo, com a involução, em direção ao centro da luz vascular. Esse processo de involução é mais precoce em porções dos vasos mais distantes do umbigo externo, não havendo distinção de comportamento determinada por uso das diferentes concentrações do antisséptico. Além das imagens, foram também padronizadas as medidas do diâmetro dos componentes umbilicais e da espessura de suas paredes, ao longo do processo de involução fisiológica, durante os primeiros 30 dias de vida dos bezerros, comprovando-se a precisão do exame ultrassonográfico para essa avaliação e estabelecendo-se referências ultrassonográficas para fundamentar o diagnóstico e escolha do tratamento das onfalopatias / Diseases of the umbilical components are very important in the neonatal period. Commonly found in calves, they can lead to serious complications. Diagnosis of umbilical diseases is often not fully enlightened by bimanual abdominal palpation, since this semiotic method is not sensitive enough to determine the extent of involvement of the umbilical intra-abdominal structures in part of the cases. Thus, ultrasonography is a valuable complementary test for establishing an accurate diagnosis on the location and extent of intra-abdominal omphalitis. Because of these limitations and the scarce research on the establishment of the standards of navel ultrasound, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the physiological involution process of umbilical components of healthy calves, considering the use of classic antiseptic, iodine tincture in concentrations 2% and 5%, used in navel treatment during the first days after birth. Evaluation was performed by ultrasonography of umbilical components in different positions and the changes were characterized during the process of involution regarding the appearance of the images, the measures of the diameter and thickness of vascular and urachus components, as well as the peculiarities from the two types of disinfecting. Twenty-three Holstein male calves, reared in dairy property located in the State of São Paulo, were evaluated from birth to 30 days old. Results obtained showed that the vein and umbilical arteries lose their blood vessels characteristics, assuming a ligament aspect due to fibrous tissue proliferation. This process was characteristic and followed a pattern, in which the fibrous tissue was initially present in the inner part of the vessel wall, following with involution, toward the center of the vessel lumen. This process of involution was earlier in the parts of the blood vessels that were farthest from the external navel, with no particular behavior distinct by the use of different antiseptic concentrations. Besides the images, the measurements of the diameter of the umbilical components and the thickness of their walls were also standardized along the physiological involution process during the first 30 days of life the calf, confirming the accuracy of ultrasonography for such assessment and establishing references to improve the diagnosis and the choice of treatment of umbilical diseases

Background: Inadequate foetal growth cannot be remedied postnatally, leading to severe consequences for neonatal and adult development. Furthermore, sexual dimorphism in placental development has been suggested in humans although this remains poorly investigated in the pig. Hypotheses: Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) occurs due to aberrant conceptus attachment, which leads to alterations in angiogenesis and vascularity of the feto-maternal interface. Altered gene expression and vascularity will be observed at the feto-maternal interface in male foetuses compared to female foetuses. Increased apoptosis and decreased proliferation will be observed in the feto-maternal interface associated with the lightest foetuses compared to the closest to mean litter weight (CTMLW) foetuses. Aims: This thesis aimed to investigate the association between foetal size and sex and: integrin signalling; apoptotic and proliferation pathways; umbilical arterial (UA) blood flow; and angiogenesis and vascularity at the feto-maternal interface. This was performed by the collection of placental and endometrial samples associated with conceptuses or foetuses of different size (lightest and CTMLW) and sex at gestational day (GD) 18, 30, 45, 60 and 90. Conclusion This thesis has presented novel findings of associations between foetal size and sex, and placental and endometrial integrin signalling, apoptosis and proliferation, and angiogenesis and vascularity. Currently, this is the first suggestion in the literature that foetal size, and more intriguingly foetal sex, may have a strong influence on the activity of the endometrium. The mechanisms behind these findings warrant further investigation. Switches in the direction of differences at the feto-maternal interface between foetuses of different size were observed throughout gestation, notably between GD45 and 60, highlighting the dynamic nature of the feto-maternal interface and suggesting this as a potential window that could be manipulated by the industry to attempt to rescue the postnatal phenotype of IUGR piglets.

As afecções dos componentes umbilicais merecem destaque no período neonatal, pois são comumente encontradas nos bezerros, podendo levar a graves complicações. O diagnóstico das doenças umbilicais muitas vezes não é totalmente esclarecido pela palpação abdominal bimanual, uma vez que, em parcela dos casos, esse método semiológico não é sensível para determinar o grau de acometimento das estruturas umbilicais intra-abdominais. Assim, a ultrassonografia apresenta-se como um valioso exame complementar para o estabelecimento de um diagnóstico preciso sobre a localização e extensão das onfalopatias intra-abdominais. Diante dessas limitações e da raridade de pesquisas com estabelecimento de padrões da ultrassonografia do umbigo, a proposta desse estudo foi avaliar o processo de involução fisiológica dos componentes umbilicais de bezerros sadios, considerando o uso de antisséptico clássico, a tintura de iodo, em concentrações de 2% e 5%, usado na cura do umbigo nos primeiros dias após o nascimento. A avaliação foi realizada por meio do exame ultrassonográfico dos componentes umbilicais, em diferentes posições, caracterizando as modificações ocorridas durante o processo de involução, em relação ao aspecto das imagens, com medidas de diâmetro e espessura dos componentes vasculares e úraco, assim como às peculiaridades decorrentes dos dois tipos de desinfecção da região. Foram avaliados 23 bezerros da raça Holandesa, machos, oriundos de propriedade leiteira localizada no Estado de São Paulo, desde o nascimento até os 30 dias de vida. Os resultados obtidos, evidenciaram que a veia e as artérias umbilicais perdem as suas características de vasos, assumindo aspecto de ligamento devido à proliferação de tecido fibroso. Esse processo caracterizou-se e seguiu um padrão, no qual o tecido fibroso inicialmente estava presente na região interna da parede do vaso, seguindo, com a involução, em direção ao centro da luz vascular. Esse processo de involução é mais precoce em porções dos vasos mais distantes do umbigo externo, não havendo distinção de comportamento determinada por uso das diferentes concentrações do antisséptico. Além das imagens, foram também padronizadas as medidas do diâmetro dos componentes umbilicais e da espessura de suas paredes, ao longo do processo de involução fisiológica, durante os primeiros 30 dias de vida dos bezerros, comprovando-se a precisão do exame ultrassonográfico para essa avaliação e estabelecendo-se referências ultrassonográficas para fundamentar o diagnóstico e escolha do tratamento das onfalopatias / Diseases of the umbilical components are very important in the neonatal period. Commonly found in calves, they can lead to serious complications. Diagnosis of umbilical diseases is often not fully enlightened by bimanual abdominal palpation, since this semiotic method is not sensitive enough to determine the extent of involvement of the umbilical intra-abdominal structures in part of the cases. Thus, ultrasonography is a valuable complementary test for establishing an accurate diagnosis on the location and extent of intra-abdominal omphalitis. Because of these limitations and the scarce research on the establishment of the standards of navel ultrasound, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the physiological involution process of umbilical components of healthy calves, considering the use of classic antiseptic, iodine tincture in concentrations 2% and 5%, used in navel treatment during the first days after birth. Evaluation was performed by ultrasonography of umbilical components in different positions and the changes were characterized during the process of involution regarding the appearance of the images, the measures of the diameter and thickness of vascular and urachus components, as well as the peculiarities from the two types of disinfecting. Twenty-three Holstein male calves, reared in dairy property located in the State of São Paulo, were evaluated from birth to 30 days old. Results obtained showed that the vein and umbilical arteries lose their blood vessels characteristics, assuming a ligament aspect due to fibrous tissue proliferation. This process was characteristic and followed a pattern, in which the fibrous tissue was initially present in the inner part of the vessel wall, following with involution, toward the center of the vessel lumen. This process of involution was earlier in the parts of the blood vessels that were farthest from the external navel, with no particular behavior distinct by the use of different antiseptic concentrations. Besides the images, the measurements of the diameter of the umbilical components and the thickness of their walls were also standardized along the physiological involution process during the first 30 days of life the calf, confirming the accuracy of ultrasonography for such assessment and establishing references to improve the diagnosis and the choice of treatment of umbilical diseases

OBJETIVOS: Comparar resultados perinatais entre gemelares, com dopplervelocimetria da artéria umbilical (AU) com fluxo diastólico presente (FDP), discordantes (GD) e concordantes (GC) em relação ao peso estimado fetal (PEF) e de acordo com a corionicidade. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo, caso-controle, desenvolvido na Clínica Obstétrica HCFMUSP entre janeiro 2005 e dezembro 2015. Para cada GD, foram selecionados 2 controles de GC, pareados pela idade gestacional do parto (IG) e corionicidade. Critérios de inclusão: discordância PEF >= 20%, Doppler da artéria umbilical (AU) com fluxo diastólico presente, ausência de malformação ou cromossomopatias, diamniótica, fetos vivos na primeira avaliação, ausência de complicações da monocorionicidade, parto na instituição. Resultados perinatais considerados: peso no nascimento, IG no parto, internação na unidade de terapia intensiva (UTI) neonatal, tempo de internação na UTI, suporte ventilatório (VM), hemorragia periventricular (HIPV), hipoglicemia (HG), icterícia (Ic), enterocolite necrosante (EN), sepse (Sp), óbito perinatal. Foram comparados os resultados perinatais dos fetos maiores e menores entre os grupos GD e GC. O resultado perinatal do feto menore foi comparado de acordo com a presença ou ausência de restrição de crescimento fetal (RCF). RESULTADOS: Selecionados 14 GD e 28 GC monocoriônicos (MC), e 38 GD e 76 GC dicoriônicos (DC). Fetos menores MC GD apresentaram maior TI (30,60 ± 20,19 vs 10,68 ± 11,64 dias, P<0,001), maior frequência de Ic (78,6% vs 28,6%; P=0,003; RC=9,17) e Sp (21,4% vs 0%; P=0,032; RC=23,42) em comparação com fetos menores GC. Nos DC, fetos menores GD apresentaram maior frequência de Sp (10,5% vs 1,3%; P=0,042; RC=8,82), HG (15,8% vs 3,9%; P=0,003; RC=4,56), EN (5,3% vs 0%; P=0,044; RC=20,63) e Ic (57,9% vs 28,9%, P=0,003; RC=3,38) comparado com fetos menores GC. Dentre os fetos menores MC, 10 (71,4%) tem RCF e dentre os DC menores, 21 (55,3%). Os gemelares menores sem RCF apresentaram frequência de morbidade neonatal similar entre os GD e GC, exceto pelo menor peso no nascimento do feto GD DC (2167,35 vs 2339,68g, P=0,026). CONCLUSÃO: Na presença do Doppler AU com FDP, o feto menor GD apresenta maior frequência de morbidades perinatais comparado aos fetos menores GC, independentemente da corionicidade. A presença da RCF, e não apenas a discordância de peso entre os fetos, parece ser responsável pela piora dos parâmetros de morbidade neonatal dentre os fetos GD / OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the perinatal outcome between fetal weight discordance (FwD) with fetal weight concordant (FwC) twins, with umbilical artery (UA) Doppler with positive end-diastolic flow, according to chorionicity. METHODS: This was a retrospective case-control study of twin pregnancy over an 11-year period in a tertiary referral center. For each FwD, it was selected 2 controls of FwC matched for gestational age at delivery and chorionicity. The inclusion criteria were: estimated fetal weight (EFW) discordance >= 20%, UA Doppler with positive end-diastolic flow, absence of fetal malformation or chromosomal abnormalities, known chorionicity, diamniotic pregnancies, both fetuses alive at the first assessment, absence of monochorionic (MC) complications, delivery in our institution. The perinatal outcomes considered were: birth weigh (BW), length of hospital stay (LOS), admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), length of NICU stay, need for ventilator support, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), hypoglycemia (Hp), jaundice (JD), necrotizing enterocolitis (NE), sepsis (SP), intrauterine and neonatal death. Perinatal outcome of the smaller and larger twin comparisons between FwD with FwC were analyzed according to chorionicity. In addition, perinatal outcome from smaller twin was compared between FwD with FwC with and without fetal growth restriction (FGR). RESULTS: A total of 14 pregnancies with FwD and 28 with FwC of MC twin and 38 pregnancies with FwD and 76 with FwC of dichorionic (DC) twin were selected. According to chorionicity, in MC FwD group, the smaller twin presented presented longer LOS (30.60 ± 20.19 vs 10.68 ± 11.64 days, P < 0.001), higher frequency of SP (21.4% vs 0%; P=0.032; OR=23.42) and JD (78.6% vs 28.6%; P=0.003; OR=9.17) compared to smaller FwC twin; whereas in DC FwD group, smaller twin presented higher frequency of SP (10.5% vs 1.3%; P=0.042; OR=8.82), Hp (15.8% vs 3.9%; P=0.003; OR=4.56), NE (5.3% vs 0%; P=0.044; RC=20.63) and JD (57.9% vs 28.9%, P=0.003; OR=3.38) compared to smaller FwC twin. FGR in the smaller MC twin was observed in 71.4% (n=10) and in the smaller DC twin, 55.3% (n=21). Twin pregnancies without FGR had similar frequency of neonatal morbidity in discordant and concordant groups, excepted for the lower BW in FwD DC twins (2167.35 vs 2339.68g, P=0.026). CONCLUSION: Regardless chorionicity, perinatal morbidity is increased in the smaller discordant twin with UA Doppler with positive end-diastolic flow, compared to concordant smaller twin. Probably the FGR is responsible to complicate the perinatal outcome of smaller discordant twin

Vergleich des Nabelschnur-Resistance-Index von monochorialen und dichorialen Geminischwangerschaften Burkhardt T, Kilavuz Ö, Vetter K Abteilung für Geburtsmedizin, Vivantes Krankenhaus Neukölln, Berlin Fragestellung: Ziel der Untersuchung war die Klärung, ob monochoriale Gemini andere Strömungsverhältnisse in der A. umbilicalis aufweisen als dichoriale. Methode: Prospektiv wurden die Aa. umbilicales bei 75 dichorialen und 30 monochorialen Geminischwangerschaften zwischen 15 und 38 Schwangerschaftswochen dopplersonographisch untersucht. Verglichen wurden die Messergebnisse der monochorialen mit den der dichorialen Zwillinge und denen von Einlingen in fünf Schwangerschaftsaltersgruppen (< 24, 24-27, 28-31, 32-35 und 36-39 SSW). Berücksichtigt wurden ausserdem fünf Fälle mit fetofetalem Transfusionssyndrom (FFTS). Ergebnis: Kein signifikanter Unterschied konnte zwischen den Medianwerten der monochorialen Gemini (mit und ohne FFTS) und denen der dichorialen Gemini bzw. denen der Einlinge festgestellt werden. Nachweisbar sind Unterschiede im Abfall des Resistance-Index im Schwangerschaftsverlauf. Benachbarte Altersgruppen gleicher Chorionizität weisen signifikante Sprünge (p / The Resistance-Index in the umbilical artery in dichorionic twins compared with monochorionic twins. Burkhardt T, Kilavuz Ö, Vetter K Department of Obstetrics, Vivantes Hospital Neukolln Berlin Objective: The aim of this study was to detect differences in the resistance-index in the umbilical artery between dichorionic and monochorionic twins. Additional, the resistance-index in twin pregnancies was compared to the reference values of single pregnancies. Methods: In a prospective study Doppler recordings of the umbilical arteries of 75 dichorionic and 30 monochorionic twins were obtained. The Doppler examinations were performed between 15 and 38 weeks of gestation. According the gestational age the Doppler findings were divided in five week groups (< 24, 24-27, 28-31, 32-35 and 36-39 weeks) and were compared within placentation and between the different placentations. In five monochorionic twins a twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) was diagnosed. These five pairs were analyzed in a separate group. Results: There are no significant differences in the resistance index in the umbilical arteries in monochorial without TTTS and dichorial twins compared to the reference values of single pregnancies. Monochorial twins without TTTS compared with dichorial twins showed no significant increased resistance indices in the umbilical arteries. Dichorial twins showed significant (p

OBJETIVOS: Comparar resultados perinatais entre gemelares, com dopplervelocimetria da artéria umbilical (AU) com fluxo diastólico presente (FDP), discordantes (GD) e concordantes (GC) em relação ao peso estimado fetal (PEF) e de acordo com a corionicidade. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo, caso-controle, desenvolvido na Clínica Obstétrica HCFMUSP entre janeiro 2005 e dezembro 2015. Para cada GD, foram selecionados 2 controles de GC, pareados pela idade gestacional do parto (IG) e corionicidade. Critérios de inclusão: discordância PEF >= 20%, Doppler da artéria umbilical (AU) com fluxo diastólico presente, ausência de malformação ou cromossomopatias, diamniótica, fetos vivos na primeira avaliação, ausência de complicações da monocorionicidade, parto na instituição. Resultados perinatais considerados: peso no nascimento, IG no parto, internação na unidade de terapia intensiva (UTI) neonatal, tempo de internação na UTI, suporte ventilatório (VM), hemorragia periventricular (HIPV), hipoglicemia (HG), icterícia (Ic), enterocolite necrosante (EN), sepse (Sp), óbito perinatal. Foram comparados os resultados perinatais dos fetos maiores e menores entre os grupos GD e GC. O resultado perinatal do feto menore foi comparado de acordo com a presença ou ausência de restrição de crescimento fetal (RCF). RESULTADOS: Selecionados 14 GD e 28 GC monocoriônicos (MC), e 38 GD e 76 GC dicoriônicos (DC). Fetos menores MC GD apresentaram maior TI (30,60 ± 20,19 vs 10,68 ± 11,64 dias, P<0,001), maior frequência de Ic (78,6% vs 28,6%; P=0,003; RC=9,17) e Sp (21,4% vs 0%; P=0,032; RC=23,42) em comparação com fetos menores GC. Nos DC, fetos menores GD apresentaram maior frequência de Sp (10,5% vs 1,3%; P=0,042; RC=8,82), HG (15,8% vs 3,9%; P=0,003; RC=4,56), EN (5,3% vs 0%; P=0,044; RC=20,63) e Ic (57,9% vs 28,9%, P=0,003; RC=3,38) comparado com fetos menores GC. Dentre os fetos menores MC, 10 (71,4%) tem RCF e dentre os DC menores, 21 (55,3%). Os gemelares menores sem RCF apresentaram frequência de morbidade neonatal similar entre os GD e GC, exceto pelo menor peso no nascimento do feto GD DC (2167,35 vs 2339,68g, P=0,026). CONCLUSÃO: Na presença do Doppler AU com FDP, o feto menor GD apresenta maior frequência de morbidades perinatais comparado aos fetos menores GC, independentemente da corionicidade. A presença da RCF, e não apenas a discordância de peso entre os fetos, parece ser responsável pela piora dos parâmetros de morbidade neonatal dentre os fetos GD / OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the perinatal outcome between fetal weight discordance (FwD) with fetal weight concordant (FwC) twins, with umbilical artery (UA) Doppler with positive end-diastolic flow, according to chorionicity. METHODS: This was a retrospective case-control study of twin pregnancy over an 11-year period in a tertiary referral center. For each FwD, it was selected 2 controls of FwC matched for gestational age at delivery and chorionicity. The inclusion criteria were: estimated fetal weight (EFW) discordance >= 20%, UA Doppler with positive end-diastolic flow, absence of fetal malformation or chromosomal abnormalities, known chorionicity, diamniotic pregnancies, both fetuses alive at the first assessment, absence of monochorionic (MC) complications, delivery in our institution. The perinatal outcomes considered were: birth weigh (BW), length of hospital stay (LOS), admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), length of NICU stay, need for ventilator support, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), hypoglycemia (Hp), jaundice (JD), necrotizing enterocolitis (NE), sepsis (SP), intrauterine and neonatal death. Perinatal outcome of the smaller and larger twin comparisons between FwD with FwC were analyzed according to chorionicity. In addition, perinatal outcome from smaller twin was compared between FwD with FwC with and without fetal growth restriction (FGR). RESULTS: A total of 14 pregnancies with FwD and 28 with FwC of MC twin and 38 pregnancies with FwD and 76 with FwC of dichorionic (DC) twin were selected. According to chorionicity, in MC FwD group, the smaller twin presented presented longer LOS (30.60 ± 20.19 vs 10.68 ± 11.64 days, P < 0.001), higher frequency of SP (21.4% vs 0%; P=0.032; OR=23.42) and JD (78.6% vs 28.6%; P=0.003; OR=9.17) compared to smaller FwC twin; whereas in DC FwD group, smaller twin presented higher frequency of SP (10.5% vs 1.3%; P=0.042; OR=8.82), Hp (15.8% vs 3.9%; P=0.003; OR=4.56), NE (5.3% vs 0%; P=0.044; RC=20.63) and JD (57.9% vs 28.9%, P=0.003; OR=3.38) compared to smaller FwC twin. FGR in the smaller MC twin was observed in 71.4% (n=10) and in the smaller DC twin, 55.3% (n=21). Twin pregnancies without FGR had similar frequency of neonatal morbidity in discordant and concordant groups, excepted for the lower BW in FwD DC twins (2167.35 vs 2339.68g, P=0.026). CONCLUSION: Regardless chorionicity, perinatal morbidity is increased in the smaller discordant twin with UA Doppler with positive end-diastolic flow, compared to concordant smaller twin. Probably the FGR is responsible to complicate the perinatal outcome of smaller discordant twin

Objetivo: Investigar a associação entre artéria umbilical única isolada e restrição do crescimento fetal. Métodos: Estudo caso controle com levantamento retrospectivo de gestações únicas com diagnóstico antenatal de artéria umbilical única isolada (AUUI), avaliadas entre 1998 e 2010. O grupo controle consistiu de gestações únicas acompanhadas prospectivamente e com confirmação anatomopatológica de três vasos no cordão umbilical. Os grupos foram comparados quanto à média do peso ao nascer, frequências de baixo peso ( < 2.500g), muito baixo peso ao nascer ( < 1.500g) e restrição do crescimento fetal abaixo dos percentis 5 e 10. Para as diferenças significativas foram calculadas as razões de riscos e respectivos intervalos de confiança. Análise por regressão logística foi utilizada para investigar a associação de restrição do crescimento fetal com as variáveis independentes significativas. Resultados: A diferença entre a média do peso ao nascer, entre as gestações com AUUI (n=131, 2.840+-701g) e o grupo controle (n=730, 2.983+-671g) foi de 143g (IC95%= 17-269; p=0,04). Peso ao nascer abaixo do percentil 5 foi significativamente mais comum nas gestações com AUUI (21,4% versus 13,6%, p= 0,02, LR= 1,57, IC95%: 1,07-2,25), particularmente, no subgrupo de gestações com antecedentes clínicos e/ou intercorrências obstétricas associadas (28,6% versus 14,1%, p= 0,02, LR= 2,22, IC95%: 1,12-4,25). Não foram observadas diferenças significativas em relação às frequências de peso ao nascer abaixo de 2.500g, abaixo de 1.500g e restrição abaixo do percentil 10. Análise por regressão logística revelou que peso ao nascer inferior ao percentil 5 se relacionou significativamente somente à presença de artéria umbilical única isolada. Conclusão: Gestações únicas com artéria umbilical única isolada apresentaram risco aumentado de 1,6 vezes de restrição do crescimento fetal abaixo do percentil 5. Quando associada a antecedente clínico materno e/ou intercorrência obstétrica o risco aumentou em 2,2 vezes / Objective: To examine the association between isolated single umbilical artery (ISUA) and fetal growth restricion. Methods: Case control study with retrospective review of 131 singleton pregnancies with isolated single umbilical artery diagnosed prenataly between 1998 and 2010. Control group consisted of 730 singleton pregnancies prospectively evaluated with histological confirmation of 3 vessels cord. Mean birthweight and frequency of low birthweight ( < 2,500g), very low birthweigh ( < 1,500g) and fetal growth restriction below the 5th and 10th centiles were compared between groups. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated for significant differences. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the association between fetal growth restriction and significant independent variables. Results: The mean birthweight difference between ISUA (n=131, 2,840+-701g) and control (n=730, 2,983+-671g) pregnancies was 143g (95%CI= 17-269; p= 0.04). Birthweight below the 5th centile was more common in ISUA (21.4% versus 13.6%, p= 0.02, LR= 1.57, 95%CI: 1.07- 2.25); particularly in the subgroup of pregnancies with associated maternal disease or pregnancy complication (28.6% versus 14.1%, p= 0.02, LR= 2.22, 95%CI: 1.12-4.25). No significant differences were observed in low birthweight, very low birthweight or birthweight below the 10th centile. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that birthweight below the 5th centile was significantly associated with ISUA only. Conclusion: Isolated single umbilical artery is associated with 1.6 times increased risk of birthweight below the 5th centile. In pregnancies with associated maternal disease or pregnancy complication, this risk is increased 2.2 times

An in vitro model was used to assess the effect of cocaine and its metabolites on the umbilical artery. Objectives were to pharmacologically confirm the presence of adrenergic innervation using tyramine, evaluate the ability of cocaine, benzoylecgonine, norcocaine and cocaethylene to potentiate vasoconstriction by serotonin and norepinephrine, examine the ability of ketanserin to block the enhanced vasoconstriction produced by cocaine, and determine displacement of 3 H-ketanserin by serotonin, norepinephrine, tyramine and mianserin. The vasoconstrictive effect of tyramine (100 μM) was enhanced in the presence of cocaine by 257%. Vasoconstrictive effects of serotonin and norepinephrine were significantly enhanced by cocaine by 28%, and 64% respectively; producing significant increases in the cumulative response. Norcocaine significantly augmented the maximum response to norepinephrine by 54%. Benzoylecgonine significantly decreased the maximum response to serotonin by 36% as well as the cumulative response. Ketanserin (0.03 μM) completely attenuated the vasoconstrictive potentiation of serotonin and norepinephrine by cocaine; shifting the EC50 for serotonin to the right 10-fold in the presence of ketanserin and cocaine. Ketanserin shifted the EC15 for norepinephrine with cocaine to the right 205-fold. Maximum response to norepinephrine with cocaine was depressed 54% by ketanserin. Serotonin, tyramine, and mianserin were able to displace 3 H-ketanserin (3 nM) from the membrane fraction of the human umbilical artery. Indicating that serotonin2 receptors are involved in vasoconstrictive responses to serotonin and tyramine. Norepinephrine did not displace 3 H-ketanserin in the membrane fraction of the umbilical artery. These data suggest that enhanced vasoconstriction of norepinephrine and serotonin by cocaine and potentiation of the maximum response to norepinephrine by norcocaine in the human umbilical artery may be important components of perinatal cocaine toxicity. Ketanserin was able to suppress the umbilical artery constriction produced by cocaine, demonstrating its antidotal potential. The potentiation of the tyramine response by cocaine and the displacement of 3 H-ketanserin by tyramine indicate that tyramine may be producing its vasoconstrictive effect through serotonin2 in the umbilical artery.

Objetivo: Investigar a associação entre artéria umbilical única isolada e restrição do crescimento fetal. Métodos: Estudo caso controle com levantamento retrospectivo de gestações únicas com diagnóstico antenatal de artéria umbilical única isolada (AUUI), avaliadas entre 1998 e 2010. O grupo controle consistiu de gestações únicas acompanhadas prospectivamente e com confirmação anatomopatológica de três vasos no cordão umbilical. Os grupos foram comparados quanto à média do peso ao nascer, frequências de baixo peso ( < 2.500g), muito baixo peso ao nascer ( < 1.500g) e restrição do crescimento fetal abaixo dos percentis 5 e 10. Para as diferenças significativas foram calculadas as razões de riscos e respectivos intervalos de confiança. Análise por regressão logística foi utilizada para investigar a associação de restrição do crescimento fetal com as variáveis independentes significativas. Resultados: A diferença entre a média do peso ao nascer, entre as gestações com AUUI (n=131, 2.840+-701g) e o grupo controle (n=730, 2.983+-671g) foi de 143g (IC95%= 17-269; p=0,04). Peso ao nascer abaixo do percentil 5 foi significativamente mais comum nas gestações com AUUI (21,4% versus 13,6%, p= 0,02, LR= 1,57, IC95%: 1,07-2,25), particularmente, no subgrupo de gestações com antecedentes clínicos e/ou intercorrências obstétricas associadas (28,6% versus 14,1%, p= 0,02, LR= 2,22, IC95%: 1,12-4,25). Não foram observadas diferenças significativas em relação às frequências de peso ao nascer abaixo de 2.500g, abaixo de 1.500g e restrição abaixo do percentil 10. Análise por regressão logística revelou que peso ao nascer inferior ao percentil 5 se relacionou significativamente somente à presença de artéria umbilical única isolada. Conclusão: Gestações únicas com artéria umbilical única isolada apresentaram risco aumentado de 1,6 vezes de restrição do crescimento fetal abaixo do percentil 5. Quando associada a antecedente clínico materno e/ou intercorrência obstétrica o risco aumentou em 2,2 vezes / Objective: To examine the association between isolated single umbilical artery (ISUA) and fetal growth restricion. Methods: Case control study with retrospective review of 131 singleton pregnancies with isolated single umbilical artery diagnosed prenataly between 1998 and 2010. Control group consisted of 730 singleton pregnancies prospectively evaluated with histological confirmation of 3 vessels cord. Mean birthweight and frequency of low birthweight ( < 2,500g), very low birthweigh ( < 1,500g) and fetal growth restriction below the 5th and 10th centiles were compared between groups. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated for significant differences. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the association between fetal growth restriction and significant independent variables. Results: The mean birthweight difference between ISUA (n=131, 2,840+-701g) and control (n=730, 2,983+-671g) pregnancies was 143g (95%CI= 17-269; p= 0.04). Birthweight below the 5th centile was more common in ISUA (21.4% versus 13.6%, p= 0.02, LR= 1.57, 95%CI: 1.07- 2.25); particularly in the subgroup of pregnancies with associated maternal disease or pregnancy complication (28.6% versus 14.1%, p= 0.02, LR= 2.22, 95%CI: 1.12-4.25). No significant differences were observed in low birthweight, very low birthweight or birthweight below the 10th centile. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that birthweight below the 5th centile was significantly associated with ISUA only. Conclusion: Isolated single umbilical artery is associated with 1.6 times increased risk of birthweight below the 5th centile. In pregnancies with associated maternal disease or pregnancy complication, this risk is increased 2.2 times