jReference values are from Bacq et al: Liver function tests in normal pregnancy: a prospective study of 102 pregnant women and 102 matched controls (5).
kReference values are from et al: Creatine kinase and its MB isoenzyme in the third trimester and the peripartum period (41).
'Reference values are from Dunlop: Serial changes in renal haemodynamics during normal human pregnancy (1r9). Appendix courtesy of Dr. Mina Abbassi-Ghanavati and Dr. Laura G. Greer.
APPENDIX II. Maternal Echocardiographic Measurements
IVSd (mm) 7.3±1.0 7.4 ± 1.1 7.8 ± 1.2 7.1 ± 0.9
LVEDD (mm) 45-47.8 47-48.9 47-49.6 46-48.8
LVESD (mm) 28-30 29-30.1 30-30.8 28-30.6
PWd 6.3 ± 0.7 6.6 ± 0.7 6.9 ± 1.0 6.1 ± 0.6
RVT 0.26-0.36 0.27-0.37 0.28-0.38 0.25-0.35
PW thickening (%) 66 ± 16 72 ± 16 74 ± 16 71 ± 14 VCFC (circ/sec) 1.15-0.3 1.18-0.16 1.18-0.12 1.18-0.·12
Mitral E wave (m/sec) 0.85 ± 0.13 0.84 ± 0.16 0.77 ± 0.15 0.77 ± 0.11
Mitral A wave (m/sec) 0.5 ± 0.09 0.5 ± 0.1 0.55 ± 0.1 0.46 ± 0.1
Values are ranges or means ± SD.
Circ = circumference; d = diastolic; ESS = end-systolic wall stress; FS = fractional shortening; IVRT = isovolumic relaxation time; IVSd = interventricular septum-diastole; LV = let ventricle; LVEDD = left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; LVESD = let ventricular end-systolic dimension; PW = posterior wall; RWT = relative wall thickening; SW = septal wall; VCFC = rate-adjusted mean velocity of circumferential fiber thickening.
Data from Savu (62A) and Vitarelli (71 A).
APPENDIX III. Fetal Sonographic Measurements