Pregnancy management complicated by intrauterine growth restriction

Ganichkina M.B., Mantrova D.A., Kan N.E., Tyutyunnik V.L., Khachaturyan A.A., Ziganshina M.M.

Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow 117997, Ac. Oparina str. 4, Russia
Objective. To analyze the data available in the current literature on the problem of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), as well as to evaluate the existing various various guidelines devoted to pregnancy management in IUGR patients.
Material and methods. We reviewed various sources of information published in Medline, Pubmed and other databases. 199 sources of information devoted to the investigation of pregnancy management in IUGR patients were found, 47 of them were included to this review.
Results. International theoretical and clinical aspects of pregnancy management in IUGR patients in are summarized in the review. Evidence-based medicine recommendations concerning optimization of management in IUGR women are also included.
Conclusion. Problem of the development of contemporary guideline based on Russian and international experience remains unsolved.

Keywords

intrauterine growth restriction
management
diagnostics
prophylaxis
treatment

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Received 24.01.2017

Accepted 17.02.2017

About the Authors

Ganichkina Maria B., postgraduate student of the Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia.
117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +79152397743. E-mail: mariaganichkina@yandex.ru
Mantrova Diana A., postgraduate student of the Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia.
117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +79096367259. E-mail: d-mantrova@yandex.ru
Kan Natalia E., PhD, MD, the head of the obstetric department, Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia.
117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +79262208655. E-mail: kan-med@mail.ru. Researcher ID B-2370-2015. ORCID ID 0000-0001-5087-5946
Tyutyunnik Victor L., PhD, MD, the head of the obstetric physiological department, Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +79039695041. E-mail: tioutiounnik@mail.ru. Researcher ID B-2364-2015. ORCID ID 0000-0002-5830-5099
Khachaturyan Anyuta A., postgraduate student of the Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia.
117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +79096367259. E-mail: x.anyt37@mail.ru
Ziganshina Marina Mikhailovna, Ph.D. (Biology), senior researcher of the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954381183. E-mail: mmz@mail.ru

For citations: Ganichkina M.B., Mantrova D.A., Kan N.E.,
Tyutyunnik V.L., Khachaturyan A.A., Ziganshina M.M. Pregnancy management
complicated by intrauterine growth restriction. Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/
Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017; (10): 5-11. (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2017.10.5-11

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