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The Influence of Fasting in Summer on Amniotic Fluid During Pregnancy
OBJECTIVES: Ramadan is a holy month in which eating and drinking are forbidden from dawn to sunset. In this study, we investigated using ultrasonography (USG) whether fasting in summer (as occurred in Ramadan 2014) had an influence on the volume of amniotic fluid during pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METH...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27313975 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.183041 |
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author | Altunkeser, Ayşegül Körez, Muslu Kazım |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Ramadan is a holy month in which eating and drinking are forbidden from dawn to sunset. In this study, we investigated using ultrasonography (USG) whether fasting in summer (as occurred in Ramadan 2014) had an influence on the volume of amniotic fluid during pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 119 pregnant women in total who were admitted to our department with a request of obstetric USG between June 28, 2014, and July 27, 2014. The fasting group included 61 pregnant women and the control group of 58 pregnant women. In our study, all the fasting pregnant women had Sahur (predawn meal eaten before starting fasting) and Iftar (the evening meal for fast-breaking) every day, regularly. The women in the control group did not fast. In addition to amniotic fluid index and fetal biometric measurements during Ramadan, amniotic fluid volume was measured ultrasonographically throughout pregnancy. All ultrasound examinations were performed at least 8 h after Sahur during Ramadan. Chi-square test was utilized to compare the measurements of amniotic fluid volume, and Mann–Whitney U-test was utilized to analyze the differences in fetal growth data. Moreover, difference was considered statistically significant when the P value was <0.05. RESULTS: The mean age was 25.7 years in the fasting group and 25.8 years in the control group. Other characteristics and mean gestational weeks of the two groups were similar. Ultrasonographically, there was no significant difference between two groups in respect to amniotic fluid amount during pregnancy (P = 0.7). There was no significant difference with regard to fetal growth parameters either (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: In pregnant women who had regular predawn and fast-breaking meals, fasting in summer did not elicit alteration in the amount of amniotic fluid throughout pregnancy. |
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spelling | pubmed-49018372016-06-16 The Influence of Fasting in Summer on Amniotic Fluid During Pregnancy Altunkeser, Ayşegül Körez, Muslu Kazım J Clin Imaging Sci Original Article OBJECTIVES: Ramadan is a holy month in which eating and drinking are forbidden from dawn to sunset. In this study, we investigated using ultrasonography (USG) whether fasting in summer (as occurred in Ramadan 2014) had an influence on the volume of amniotic fluid during pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 119 pregnant women in total who were admitted to our department with a request of obstetric USG between June 28, 2014, and July 27, 2014. The fasting group included 61 pregnant women and the control group of 58 pregnant women. In our study, all the fasting pregnant women had Sahur (predawn meal eaten before starting fasting) and Iftar (the evening meal for fast-breaking) every day, regularly. The women in the control group did not fast. In addition to amniotic fluid index and fetal biometric measurements during Ramadan, amniotic fluid volume was measured ultrasonographically throughout pregnancy. All ultrasound examinations were performed at least 8 h after Sahur during Ramadan. Chi-square test was utilized to compare the measurements of amniotic fluid volume, and Mann–Whitney U-test was utilized to analyze the differences in fetal growth data. Moreover, difference was considered statistically significant when the P value was <0.05. RESULTS: The mean age was 25.7 years in the fasting group and 25.8 years in the control group. Other characteristics and mean gestational weeks of the two groups were similar. Ultrasonographically, there was no significant difference between two groups in respect to amniotic fluid amount during pregnancy (P = 0.7). There was no significant difference with regard to fetal growth parameters either (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: In pregnant women who had regular predawn and fast-breaking meals, fasting in summer did not elicit alteration in the amount of amniotic fluid throughout pregnancy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4901837/ /pubmed/27313975 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.183041 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of Clinical Imaging Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Altunkeser, Ayşegül Körez, Muslu Kazım The Influence of Fasting in Summer on Amniotic Fluid During Pregnancy |
title | The Influence of Fasting in Summer on Amniotic Fluid During Pregnancy |
title_full | The Influence of Fasting in Summer on Amniotic Fluid During Pregnancy |
title_fullStr | The Influence of Fasting in Summer on Amniotic Fluid During Pregnancy |
title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Fasting in Summer on Amniotic Fluid During Pregnancy |
title_short | The Influence of Fasting in Summer on Amniotic Fluid During Pregnancy |
title_sort | influence of fasting in summer on amniotic fluid during pregnancy |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27313975 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.183041 |
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