ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GEBURTSHILFE UND NEONATOLOGIE, cilt.225, sa.02, ss.125-128, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
Purpose To evaluate the usability of first-trimester maternal serum ProBNP levels in the prediction of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). MethodsIn this prospective study, blood samples taken from 500 women who applied to our polyclinic for routine serum aneuploidy screening between the 11-14th gestational weeks were centrifuged. The obtained plasma samples were placed in Eppendorf tubes and stored at -80+degrees C. For the final analysis, first-trimester maternal serum ProBNP levels of 32 women diagnosed with postpartum IUGR and 32 healthy women randomly selected as the control group were compared. FGR was defined as estimated fetal weight below the 10th percentile for the gestational age.