Performance of the INTERGROWTH-21st and World Health Organization fetal growth charts for the detection of small-for-gestational age neonates in Latin America.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of INTERGROWTH-21st (IG-21st ) and World Health Organization (WHO) fetal growth charts to identify small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and fetal growth restriction (FGR) neonates, as well as their specific risks for adverse neonatal outcomes. METHODS: Multicenter cross-sectional study including 67 968 live births from 10 maternity units across four Latin American countries. According to each standard, neonates were classified as SGA and FGR (birth weight <10th and less than third centiles, respectively). The relative risk (RR) and diagnostic performance for a low APGAR score and low ponderal index were calculated for each standard. RESULTS: WHO charts identified more neonates as SGA than IG-21st (13.9% vs 7%, respectively). Neonates classified as having FGR by both standards had the highest RR for a low APGAR (RR, 5.57 [95% confidence interval (CI), 3.99-7.78]), followed by those who were SGA by both curves (RR, 3.27 [95% CI, 2.52-4.24]), while neonates with SGA identified by WHO alone did not have an additional risk (RR, 0.87 [95% CI, 0.55-1.39]). Furthermore, the diagnostic odds ratio for a low APGAR was higher when IG-21st was used. CONCLUSION: In a population from Latin America, the WHO charts seem to identify more SGA neonates, but the diagnostic performance of the IG-21st charts for low APGAR score and low ponderal index is better.

Uso de nifedipina en el manejo de la hiperestimulación uterina producida por misoprostol / Uterine hyperstimulation produced by misoprostol: administration of nifedipine to control

La medicina basada en la evidencia ha demostrado mediante una serie de estudios, la eficacia clínica de algunos fármacos, como el caso del misoprostol análogo de la prostaglandina E1 utilizado en obstetricia para lograr maduración cervical en inducción de trabajo de parto con cérvix no favorable, con un efecto no deseado en la mayoría de los casos como lo es la hiperestimulación uterina. Se diseñó un estudio clínico prospectivo entre noviembre, 2002 y febrero, 2003 en la Clínica Rafael Uribe Uribe del Instituto de Seguro Social, Cali, donde se incluyeron 29 pacientes con criterio para inducción del trabajo de parto con índice de Bishop no favorable; se les administró 50 mcg de misoprostol por vía vaginal y desarrollaron polisistolia (>5 contracciones en 10 minutos). A estas 29 pacientes se les suministró 20 mg de nifedipina por vía oral en el momento en que apareció la polisistolia y se estableció mediante el registro por monitoría electrónica maternofetal durante 30 minutos la disminución en el número, la duración de las contracciones y la “actividad uterina”