Repeatability of the sonographic assessment of fetal sucking and swallowing movements

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 745-749

  Levy, D S ^a   Zielinsky, P ^a   Aramayo, A M ^a   Behle, I ^a   Stein, N ^a   Dewes, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assessment; Fetal movement; Prenatal; Repeatability; Sonography; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCKING; SWALLOWING;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION; FACE; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29144521561     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1868     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Miller JL, Sonies BC, Macedonia C. Emergence of oropharyngeal, laryngeal and swallowing activity in the developing fetal upper aerodigestive tract: an ultrasound evaluation. Early Hum Dev 2003; 71: 61-87.
2. Pritchard JA. Deglutition by normal and anencephalic fetuses. Obstet Gynecol 1965; 25: 289-297.
3. Visser GHE, Laurini RN, DeVries JIP, Bekedam DJ, Pretchtl HFR. Abnormal motor behavior in anencephalic fetuses. Early Hum Dev 1985; 122: 173-182.
4. Ross MG, Nijland MJM. Fetal swallowing: relation to amniotic fluid regulation. Clin Obstet Gynecol 1997; 40: 352-365.
5. Ross MG, Nijland MJM. Development of ingestive behavior. Am J Physiol 1998; 274: 879-898.
6. Petrikovsky BM, Kaplan GP, Pestrak H. The application of color Doppler technology to the study of fetal swallowing. Obstet Gynecol 1995; 86: 605-608.
7. Rao BS, Shankar N, Sharma KN. Ontogeny of taste sense. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 1997; 41: 193-203.
8. Petriskovsky B, Gross B, Kaplan G. Fetal pharyngeal distention - is it a normal component of fetal swallowing? Early Hum Dev 1996; 46: 77-81.
9. Mann SE, Nijland MJM, Ross MG. Mathematic modeling of human amniotic fluid dynamics. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996; 175: 937-944.
10. El-Haddad M, Chao CR, Sayed AA, El-Haddad H, Ross MG. Effects of central angiotensin II receptor antagonism on fetal swallowing and cardiovascular activity. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001; 185: 828-833.
11. Matsumoto LC, Cheung CY, Brace R. Effect of esophageal ligation on amniotic fluid volume and urinary flow rate in fetal sheep. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000; 182: 699-705.
12. Kalache KD, Wauer R, Mau H, Chaoui R, Bolland R. Prognostic significance of the pouch sign in fetuses with prenatally diagnosed esophageal atresia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000; 182: 978-981.
13. El-Haddad MA, Desai M, Gayle D, Ross MG. In utero development of fetal thirst and appetite: potential for programming. J Soc Gynecol Investig 2004; 11: 123-130.
14. Kullama LK, Nijland MJM, Ervin MG, Ross MG. Intra-amniotic deamino (D-ARG8)-vasopressin: prolonged effects on ovine fetal urine flow and swallowing. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996; 174: 78-84.
15. Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986; 1: 307-310.
16. Bland JM, Altman DG. Applying the right statistics: analyses of measurement studies. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2003; 22: 85-93.
17. López R, Cajal C. Description of human fetal laryngeal functions: phonation. Early Hum Dev 1996; 45: 63-72.
18. Harding R, Sigger JN, Poore ER, Johnson P. Ingestion in fetal sheep and its relation to sleep states and breathing movements. Q J Exp Physiol 1984; 69: 477-486.
19. rd edn), Groher ME (ed). Butterworth-Heinemann: Newton, MA, 1997; 131-168.
20. Macedonia C, Miller JL, Sonies B. Power Doppler imaging of the fetal upper aerodigestive tract using a 4-point standardized evaluation (preliminary report). J Ultrasound Med 2002; 21: 869-878.
21. Abramovich DR, Garden A, Jandial L, Page KR. Fetal swallowing and voiding in relation to hydramnios. Obstet Gynecol 1979; 54: 15-20.
22. Thurlow RW, Brace RA. Swallowing, urine flow, and amniotic fluid volume response to prolonged hypoxia in the ovine fetus. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003; 189: 601-608.
23. Ross MG, Sherman DJ, Ervin MG, Day L, Humme J. Fetal swallowing: response to systemic hypotension. Am J Physiol 1990; 258: 130-134.
24. Ross MG, Sherman DJ, Schreyer P, Ervin MG, Day L, Humme J. Fetal rehydration via intra-amniotic fluid: contribution of fetal swallowing. Pediatr Res 1991; 29: 214-217.
25. Nijland MJ, Chao CR, Ross MG. Anticholinergic suppression of ovine fetal swallowing activity. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1997; 177: 1105-1112.
26. Rogers B, Campbell J. Pediatric and neurodevelopment evaluation. In Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding Assessment and Management, Arvedson JC, Brodsky L (eds). Singular Publishing: San Diego, CA, 1993; 53-91.
27. Mathisen B, Worrall L, Masel J, Wall C, Shepherd RW. Feeding problems in infants with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a controlled study. Paediatr Child Health 1999; 35: 163-169.
28. Lau C, Kusnierczyk I. Quantitative evaluation of infant's non-nutritive and nutritive sucking. Dysphagia 2001; 16: 58-67.