Chapter 11: Disorders of Amnionic Fluid Flashcards
Amniotic fluid volume increase
30 mL at 10 weeks
200 mL by 16 weeks
800 mL by the mid-third trimester
Amniotic fluid composition
98% water
Abnormally decreased fluid volume
Oligohydrmanios
Abnormally increased fluid volume
hydramnios or polyhydramnios
(First half of pregnancy) Transfer of water and other small molecules
across amnion
transmembranous flow
(First half of pregnancy) Transfer of water and other small molecules
across the fetal vessels on placental surface
intramembranous flow
(First half of pregnancy) Transfer of water and other small molecules
across fetal skin
transcutaneous flow
until keratinisation at 22 to 25 weeks
Fetal urine production begin
8 and 1 1 weeks’ gestation
when does lethal renal abnormalities manifests
after 1 8 weeks
Fetal urine osmolality
equal to amniotic fluid
hypotonic to maternal and fetal plasma
Amniotic fluid volume regulation late pregnancy
Fetal urination
production
Amniotic fluid volume regulation late pregnancy
Fetal swallowing
Resorption
Amniotic fluid volume regulation late pregnancy
Fetal lung fluid secretion
Production
Amniotic fluid volume regulation late pregnancy
intramembranous flow across the fetal vessels on placental surface
Resorption
Amniotic fluid volume regulation late pregnancy
transmembranous flow across amniotic membrane
Resorption