Which is more accurate measuring pulmonary artery resistance index or 4D lung volume for prediction of neonatal respiratory distress in preterm pregnancies?

Author:

Eldeeb Basma Samir,El-Shourbagy Kholoud H.ORCID,El-Shorbagy Shahinaz H.,Ghith Lamees M.

Abstract

Abstract Background Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a leading cause of neonatal respiratory failure and neonatal mortality. It is frequent in preterm infants, because deficient surfactant needed to keep the airways (alveoli) open to assist infants breathe after birth. Nonetheless, it was also seen in full-term pregnancies. Noninvasive approaches for predicting the development of neonatal respiratory distress (RD) in preterm newborns include comparing the prenatal clinical outcome with the pulmonary artery resistance index (PA-RI) and fetal lung capacity as assessed by the virtual organ computer-aided analysis (VOCAL). Our study aimed to estimate optimal cutoff values and compare measurements of fetal pulmonary artery resistance index (PA-RI) and fetal lung volume (LV) assessed by VOCAL as noninvasive measures to predict neonatal RD development in preterm pregnancies to show which is more accurate. Results Out of the examined 147 women who delivered 147 living newborns, 59 of newborn (40.1%) developed neonatal RD. PA-RI has a higher value in 45 (76.27%), while fetal lung volume (FLV) was significantly lower in 43 (72.88%) of neonates who developed RD. Combining both measurements of PA-RI and FLV could predict all cases of RDS 59 (100%). Thirty of RDS neonates had mechanical ventilation and died (50.85%). Cutoff values of PA-RI ≥ 0.75 with 76.27% sensitivity, 82.95% specificity and 81.5% accuracy, whereas a cutoff of FLV ≤ 28 cm3 with sensitivity of 72.88%, specificity of 65.91% and accuracy of 74.8%, for prediction of RDS. Combining both cutoffs generated a more accurate detection 100%, specificity of 65.91% and 66.3% positive predictive value (PPV) and 100% negative predictive value (NPV) and 83% accuracy. Conclusions Both PA-RI and FLV are promising noninvasive tools which help in predicting RD fetuses with high sensitivity and specificity. PA-RI is more accurate than FLV cm3 in prediction of neonatal RDS. Combining these parameters increases the predictive value.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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