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- Title
The effect of Ramaddan fasting on fetal/obstetric B-mode and Doppler ultrasound findings.
- Authors
Altunkeser, Ayşegül
- Abstract
Aim: Ramaddan is a month of religious fasting within a year in which eating and drinking are prohibited during the time between sunrise and sunset. We investigated whether there is an effect by prolonged periods with no fluid or food ingestion during long and hot days of Ramaddan in 2014 on obstetric B-mod and Doppler ultrasound parameters. Material and Method: Our study included a total of 187 pregnant women admitted to our department with the request for obstetric ultrasound between June 28 and July 27, 2014. Ninety-five pregnant were recorded as the fasting group and 92 were recorded as the non-fasting control group. The fasting group was divided into two sub-groups based on the time of ultrasound examination during the day of fasting (between 0-8 hours and 9-16 hours) and three sub-groups according to the number of fasting days (1-10 days, 11-20 days and 21-30 days). We compared ultrasonographic parameters of two main and the subgroups. Results: B-mode and Doppler ultrasound findings did not differ between the two main groups (p > 0.05). In the comparison made according to the number of fasting days, the resistive index (RI) of the umbilical artery (UMA) was lower in the sub-group of 1-10 days than the others (p=0.019). Conclusion: In pregnant women who had sahur and iftar meals regularly, Ramaddan fasting during long and hot days did not significantly alter obstetric B mod and Doppler ultrasound parameters, but fasting decreased the resistive index of the umbilical artery in the early days.
- Publication
Ortadogu Medical Journal / Ortadogu Tip Dergisi, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1309-3630
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.21601/ortadogutipdergisi.369157