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OLIGOAMNIOS [1 record]

Record 1 2017-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Pregnancy
DEF

The presence of less than the normal amount of amniotic fluid defined as 500 mL or less at term and smaller amounts at earlier gestational ages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Grossesse
DEF

Insuffisance du liquide amniotique [...] se traduisant par un moulage de la paroi utérine sur le fœtus qui rend difficiles les mouvements fœtaux et nuit à son développement normal.

CONT

Le manque de liquide amniotique s'appelle oligohydramnios. Le contraire de l'«oligohydramnios» est le «polyhydramnios», trop de liquide amniotique, ce qui peut arriver entre autres chez des enfants avec une anomalie du tube neural.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Embarazo
DEF

Disminución del líquido amniótico a cifras patológicas con un índice de líquido amniótico (ILA) menor o igual a 5 cm; constituye un alto riesgo fetal y secundariamente materno.

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