OUTCOME IN THE PRESENCE OF OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS

1. Shenker and co-workers (1).
• Overall survival rate = 49%.
• Survival rate when due to IUGR = 84%.
• Survival rate when due to Premature rupture of membranes = 61%.
• Survival rate when due to Renal anomalies 0%.
2. Shipp and co-workers (2).
• Survival rates were dependent on the whether the oligohydramnios was present in the second or third trimester (10.2% versus 85.3%).
• The more severe the oligohydramnios the higher the perinatal mortality and the increased risk of pulmonary hypoplasia.
• In the presence of severe oligohydramnios (subjective), the perinatal mortality was eight times greater than the group with moderate oligohydramnios.
• Anhydramnios - uniformly fatal (0% survival).

REFERENCES

1. Shenker L, Reed KL, Anderson CF et.al. Significance of oligohydramnios complicating pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991;164:1597-1600.
2. Shipp TD, Bormley B, Pauker S et.al. Outcome of singleton pregnancies with severe oligohydramnios in the second and third trimesters. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 1996;7:108-113.