Diseases

Polyhydramnios

A condition of abnormally high AMNIOTIC FLUID volume, such as greater than 2,000 ml in the LAST TRIMESTER and usually diagnosed by ultrasonographic criteria (AMNIOTIC FLUID INDEX). It is associated with maternal DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; CHROMOSOMAL DISORDERS; and congenital abnormalities.

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A condition of abnormally high AMNIOTIC FLUID volume, such as greater than 2,000 ml in the LAST TRIMESTER and usually diagnosed by ultrasonographic criteria (AMNIOTIC FLUID INDEX). It is associated with maternal DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; CHROMOSOMAL DISORDERS; and congenital abnormalities.

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  • Hydramnios

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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91; was HYDRAMNIOS 1963-90

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  1. C12.050.703w.610w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Polyhydramnios. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006831. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006831
  2. Polyhydramnios. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyhydramnios
  3. Polyhydramnios. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q976163