DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR FOETAL MATURITY Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G01N33/74 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: there are determined daily excretion of progesterone metabolite - pregnandiol (Pd), foetal steroids - 16α-hydroxy-ethiocholanolone (16α-OH-Et), 16α-hydroxy-androsterone (16α-OH-An), 16α-hydroxy-dihydroepiandrosterone (16α-OH-DHEA) and oestradiol (Oe) in pregnant women on their 37-42 weeks of pregnancy by capillary gas chromatography. A mature foetus is indicated by the following indices: daily Pd excretion is 150.4-348.3 mcmol/24 hour, 16α-OH-Et - 7.9-16.9 mcmol/24 hour, 16α-OH-An - 6.4-12.6 mkmol/24 hour, 16α-OH-DHEA - 15.4-26.1 mcmol/24 hour, Oe - 24.0-38.7 mcmol/24 hour, while an immature foetus show the indices as follows: daily Pd excretion 80.1-150.2 mcmol/24 hour, 16α-OH-Et - 5.8-7.8 mcmol/24 hour, 16α-OH-An - 4.6-6.3 mcmol/24 hour, 16α-OH-DHEA - 10.2-15.3 mcmol/24 hour, and Oe - 14.5-15.6 mcmol/24 hour, and in a overmature foetus, daily Pd excretion, 16α-OH-Et, 16α-OH-An, 16α-OH-DHEA and Oe are considerably lowered and are less than 50.0 mcmol/24 hour, less than 12.0 mcmol/24 hour, less than 5.8 mcmol/24 hour, less than 4.6 mcmol/24 hour, less than 10.2 mcmol/24 hour, respectively.

EFFECT: use of the invention allows optimising diagnosis of foetal maturity, reducing number of infants suffering morphofunctional immaturity and overmaturity signs, and determining optimum delivery date, improving the perinatal outcome in pregnant women on their 37-42 weeks of pregnancy.

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