polyhydramnios
Sign in to savePolyhydramnios is a medical condition describing an excess of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac. It is seen in about 1% of pregnancies. It is typically diagnosed when the amniotic fluid index (AFI) is greater than 24 cm. There are two clinical varieties of polyhydramnios: chronic polyhydramnios where excess amniotic fluid accumulates gradually, and acute polyhydramnios where excess amniotic fluid collects rapidly.
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- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Polyhydramnion, hydramnios, polyhydramnios
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Research
4,506 papers- Idiopathic polyhydramnios and pregnancy outcome: systematic review and meta-analysis.Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2023
- Idiopathic polyhydramnios.Ceska gynekologie · 2020
- Polyhydramnios.Clinical obstetrics and gynecology · 1997
- Polyhydramnios: a review.Obstetrical & gynecological survey · 1987
- The association between polyhydramnios and the risk of placenta abruption: a meta-analysis.The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2020
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- Subclass of
- disease
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- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001561
- health specialty
- obstetrics
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C92848
- Commons category
- Polyhydramnios
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- WikiProject Medicine
- ICD-9-CM
- 657.00
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Polyhydramnios is a medical condition describing an excess of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac. It is seen in about 1% of pregnancies. It is typically diagnosed when the amniotic fluid index (AFI) is greater than 24 cm. There are two clinical varieties of polyhydramnios: chronic polyhydramnios where excess amniotic fluid accumulates gradually, and acute polyhydramnios where excess amniotic fluid collects rapidly.
The opposite to polyhydramnios is oligohydramnios, not enough amniotic fluid.
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