Amniotic fluid volume regulation


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Objective. To analyze the data available in the present-day literature on procedures to estimate amniotic fluid (AF) volume (AFV) and on the mechanisms of its regulation. Materials and methods. The review included the papers published in the past 10 years from the databases of medical and biological publications of the National Center for Biotechnology Information and the United States National Library of Medicine (Pubmed) on this topic. Results. The procedures for estimation of AFV (its direct inert dye-determination and ultrasonic assessment of the maximal vertical pocket and AF index), ways of formation and removal of AF, as well as the mechanisms of its regulation (the significance of vascular endothelial growth factor and aquaporins) were described. Conclusion. The current methods to determine AFV are diagnostically important only when the AFV changes are moderate. In recent years, the main ways of AF formation and removal have been established, but the interaction of osmotic and hydrostatic pressures with para- and endocrine factors in the regulation of AFV calls for further investigation.

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Yuri V. Korenovsky

Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: timidin@gmail.com
PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and clinical laboratory diagnostics

Irina A. Kalitnikova

Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: kalitnikova_ia@mail.ru
Assistant of the Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics

Snezhana I. Buryakova

Perinatal (Clinical) Center of the Altai Territory

Email: snezhanaburyakov@mail.ru
postgraduate student of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology № 1; doctor of ultrasonic diagnostics, obstetrician-gynecologist

Anna V. Popovtseva

Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: popovceva@gmail.com
Assistant of the Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics

Egor V. Suzopov

Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: suzopov1egor@gmail.com
4th year student of Medical Faculty

Larisa E. Obukhova

Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: lirisse@yandex.ru
PhD, assistant professor of biology

Tatiana V. Burkova

Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: viderkertanya@mail.ru
graduate student of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology № 1

Natalia I. Barsukova

Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: nata-barsukova@yandex.ru
PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Histology

Olga V. Remnyova

Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; Perinatal (Clinical) Center of the Altai Territory; Perinatal (Clinical) Center of the Altai Territory

Email: rolmed@yandex.ru
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology № 1; doctor of ultrasonic diagnostics, obstetrician-gynecologist

Natalya I. Fadeeva

Altai State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: nat2fad@hotmail.com
MD, Professor, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology № 1

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