Evaluation of Normal Amniotic Fluid Volume in the Second and Third Trimesters using Ultrasonography for Sudanese Women in Khartoum State

Abstract

The study was descriptive and analytic carried out to assess the amniotic fluid volume in Sudanese pregnant women in Khartoum state in second and third trimester. The study was conducted on 50 pregnant women in their second and third trimester over a period from September 2018 to December 2018 in university Ribat Hospital &Omer sawi complex, depended on the international study protocol in obstetrical scanning. All pregnant women were subjected to be examined by Ultrasound scanning using SEMENSE and MINDERY scanner with 3.5MHz convex probe Trans abdominal scanning and were performed for all pregnant women and the amniotic fluid volume was measure using, the deepest pocket (large pocket) methods. The study found that most of the pregnant women had normal amniotic fluid (94%) and few others pregnant women had an abnormal amniotic fluid (6%). Amniotic fluid must be assessed by ultrasound method and not depending only on the observation of the sonographer to prevent missing amniotic fluid volume abnormality.