1. Paris heat wave and oligohydramnios.
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Luton D, Alran S, Fourchotte V, Sibony O, and Oury JF
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- Cohort Studies, Female, Fetal Death, Gestational Age, Humans, Incidence, Infant, Newborn, Paris epidemiology, Pregnancy, Risk Assessment, Hot Temperature adverse effects, Infant Mortality trends, Oligohydramnios epidemiology, Oligohydramnios etiology, Pregnancy Outcome
- Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of oligohydramnios in term pregnancies during the Paris heat wave of 2003 (August 4-14)., Study Design: A comparison of this frequency to a historical control group examined during the same period in 2002., Results: The frequency of oligohydramnios in normal term pregnancies was 17.5% during the heat wave that affected Paris in August 2003., Conclusion: This frequency was substantially higher than the rate of oligohydramnios in normal term pregnancies in August 2002 (4.4%).
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- 2004
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