Background: The evidence-based management of human labor includes the antepartum identification of patients at risk for intrapartum hypoxia. However, available evidence has shown that most of the hypoxic-related complications occur among pregnancies classified at low-risk for intrapartum hypoxia, thus suggesting that the current strategy to identify the pregnancies at risk for intrapartum fetal hypoxia has limited accuracy. Objective: To evaluate the role of the combined assessment of the cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) and uterine arteries (UtA) Doppler in the prediction of obstetric intervention (OI) for suspected intrapartum fetal compromise (IFC) within a cohort of low-risk singleton term pregnancies in early labor. Methods: Prospective multicentre observational study conducted across four tertiary Maternity Units between January 2016 and September 2019. Low-risk term pregnancies with spontaneous onset of labor were included. A two-step multivariable model was developed to assess the risk of OI for suspected IFC. The baseline model included antenatal and intrapartum characteristics, while the combined model included antenatal and intrapartum characteristics plus Doppler anomalies such as CPR MoM < 10th percentile and mean UtA Doppler PI MoM >= 95th percentile. Predictive performance was determined by receiver-operating characteristics curve analysis. Results: 804 women were included. At logistic regression analysis, CPR MoM < 10th percentile (aOR 1.269, 95 % CI 1.188-1.356, P < 0.001), mean UtA PI MoM >= 95th percentile (aOR 1.012, 95 % CI 1.001-1.022, P = 0.04) were independently associated with OI for suspected IFC. At ROC curve analysis, the combined model including antenatal characteristics plus abnormal CPR and mean UtA PI yielded an AUC of 0.78, 95 %CI(0.71-0.85), p < 0.001, which was significantly higher than the baseline model (AUC 0.61, 95 %CI(0.54-0.69), p = 0.007) (p < 0.001). The combined model was associated with a 0.78 (95 % CI 0.67-0.89) sensitivity, 0.68 (95 % CI 0.65-0.72) specificity, 0.15 (95 % CI 0.11-0.19) PPV, and 0.98 (0.96-0.99) NPV, 2.48 (95 % CI 2.07-2.97) LR + and 0.32 (95 % CI 0.19-0.53) LR- for OI due to suspected IFC. Conclusions: A predictive model including antenatal and intrapartum characteristics combined with abnormal CPR and mean UtA PI has a good capacity to rule out and a moderate capacity to rule in OI due to IFC, albeit with poor predictive value.

Assessment of the cerebroplacental ratio and uterine arteries in low-risk pregnancies in early labour for the prediction of obstetric and neonatal outcomes / Dall'Asta, Andrea; Frusca, Tiziana; Rizzo, Giuseppe; Ramirez Zegarra, Ruben; Lees, Christoph; Figueras, Francesc; Ghi, Tullio. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0301-2115. - 295:(2024), pp. 18-24. [10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.02.002]

Assessment of the cerebroplacental ratio and uterine arteries in low-risk pregnancies in early labour for the prediction of obstetric and neonatal outcomes

Dall'Asta, Andrea
Investigation
;
Frusca, Tiziana
Conceptualization
;
Ramirez Zegarra, Ruben
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Ghi, Tullio
Conceptualization
2024-01-01

Abstract

Background: The evidence-based management of human labor includes the antepartum identification of patients at risk for intrapartum hypoxia. However, available evidence has shown that most of the hypoxic-related complications occur among pregnancies classified at low-risk for intrapartum hypoxia, thus suggesting that the current strategy to identify the pregnancies at risk for intrapartum fetal hypoxia has limited accuracy. Objective: To evaluate the role of the combined assessment of the cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) and uterine arteries (UtA) Doppler in the prediction of obstetric intervention (OI) for suspected intrapartum fetal compromise (IFC) within a cohort of low-risk singleton term pregnancies in early labor. Methods: Prospective multicentre observational study conducted across four tertiary Maternity Units between January 2016 and September 2019. Low-risk term pregnancies with spontaneous onset of labor were included. A two-step multivariable model was developed to assess the risk of OI for suspected IFC. The baseline model included antenatal and intrapartum characteristics, while the combined model included antenatal and intrapartum characteristics plus Doppler anomalies such as CPR MoM < 10th percentile and mean UtA Doppler PI MoM >= 95th percentile. Predictive performance was determined by receiver-operating characteristics curve analysis. Results: 804 women were included. At logistic regression analysis, CPR MoM < 10th percentile (aOR 1.269, 95 % CI 1.188-1.356, P < 0.001), mean UtA PI MoM >= 95th percentile (aOR 1.012, 95 % CI 1.001-1.022, P = 0.04) were independently associated with OI for suspected IFC. At ROC curve analysis, the combined model including antenatal characteristics plus abnormal CPR and mean UtA PI yielded an AUC of 0.78, 95 %CI(0.71-0.85), p < 0.001, which was significantly higher than the baseline model (AUC 0.61, 95 %CI(0.54-0.69), p = 0.007) (p < 0.001). The combined model was associated with a 0.78 (95 % CI 0.67-0.89) sensitivity, 0.68 (95 % CI 0.65-0.72) specificity, 0.15 (95 % CI 0.11-0.19) PPV, and 0.98 (0.96-0.99) NPV, 2.48 (95 % CI 2.07-2.97) LR + and 0.32 (95 % CI 0.19-0.53) LR- for OI due to suspected IFC. Conclusions: A predictive model including antenatal and intrapartum characteristics combined with abnormal CPR and mean UtA PI has a good capacity to rule out and a moderate capacity to rule in OI due to IFC, albeit with poor predictive value.
2024
Assessment of the cerebroplacental ratio and uterine arteries in low-risk pregnancies in early labour for the prediction of obstetric and neonatal outcomes / Dall'Asta, Andrea; Frusca, Tiziana; Rizzo, Giuseppe; Ramirez Zegarra, Ruben; Lees, Christoph; Figueras, Francesc; Ghi, Tullio. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0301-2115. - 295:(2024), pp. 18-24. [10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.02.002]
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