Is there a seasonal variation in the diagnosis of oligohydramnios?

Michael W. Varner; William D. Noble; Mitchell Dombrowski; Baha Sibai; Dwight J. Rouse; Richard Paul; Steve N. Caritis; Menachem Miodovnik; Atef Moawad; Jay D. Iams; Frank Witter; Roberto Romero; Kenneth Leveno; Paul Meis; Ronald Wapner; Mortimer Rosen; Gary Thurnau; Peter Van Dorsten; Mary J. O'Sullivan; Deborah Conway

doi:10.1080/14767050400028691

Is there a seasonal variation in the diagnosis of oligohydramnios?

Michael W. Varner, William D. Noble, Mitchell Dombrowski, Baha Sibai, Dwight J. Rouse, Richard Paul, Steve N. Caritis, Menachem Miodovnik, Atef Moawad, Jay D. Iams, Frank Witter, Roberto Romero, Kenneth Leveno, Paul Meis, Ronald Wapner, Mortimer Rosen, Gary Thurnau, Peter Van Dorsten, Mary J. O'Sullivan, Deborah Conway

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Abstract

Objective. We hypothesized that oligohydramnios would be diagnosed more frequently in the warm summer months when dehydration might be more common. Methods. The clinical diagnosis of oligohydramnios was extracted from the databases of four completed National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network protocols. These data were stratified by quarter of delivery and compared using Fisher's Exact Test. Results. The clinical diagnosis of oligohydramnios was made more frequently in deliveries occurring in the summer months of June, July and August as compared with the remainder of the calendar year (7.2% vs 5.9%, p = 0.0178). Conclusions. In these studies the diagnosis of oligohydramnios is made more frequently in those pregnancies delivered during the summer months. Although not proven by this association, maternal dehydration may contribute to this finding.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	173-177
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14767050400028691
State	Published - Mar 2005

Keywords

Oligohydramnios
Seasonal variation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Varner, M. W., Noble, W. D., Dombrowski, M., Sibai, B., Rouse, D. J., Paul, R., Caritis, S. N., Miodovnik, M., Moawad, A., Iams, J. D., Witter, F., Romero, R., Leveno, K., Meis, P., Wapner, R., Rosen, M., Thurnau, G., Van Dorsten, P., O'Sullivan, M. J., & Conway, D. (2005). Is there a seasonal variation in the diagnosis of oligohydramnios? Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 17(3), 173-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767050400028691

Varner, MW, Noble, WD, Dombrowski, M, Sibai, B, Rouse, DJ, Paul, R, Caritis, SN, Miodovnik, M, Moawad, A, Iams, JD, Witter, F, Romero, R, Leveno, K, Meis, P, Wapner, R, Rosen, M, Thurnau, G, Van Dorsten, P, O'Sullivan, MJ & Conway, D 2005, 'Is there a seasonal variation in the diagnosis of oligohydramnios?', Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 173-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767050400028691

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