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## Abstract ## Objective To study the relationship between prenatal ultrasound features and postnatal course of meconium peritonitis. ## Study Design We reviewed our cohort of cases of meconium peritonitis (MP) (__n__ = 13/37, 225 pregnancies or 0.3/1000) as well as those published in the English literature with prenatal ultrasonographic findings and postnatal follow‐up (__n__ = 56). The total number of cases (__n__ = 69) was divided into 4 grades of progressive severity based on the number of pertinent sonographic findings: grade 0, isolated intra‐abdominal calcifications (__n__ = 18); grade 1, intra‐abdominal calcifications and ascites (__n__ = 17) or pseudocyst (__n__ = 2) or bowel dilatation (__n__ = 6); grade 2, two associated findings (__n__ = 20); and grade 3, all sonographic features (__n__ = 6). Presence of polyhydramnios was also recorded. Prenatal predictors of need for neonatal surgery and risk of neonatal death were identified using Chi‐square and Fisher exact test, with __P__ < 0.05 considered significant. ## Results Neonatal surgical intervention was required in 0% (0/18) of newborns with grade 0 MP; in 52% (13/25) of those with grade 1; in 80% (16/20) with grade 2;

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Author

Giulia Zangheri; Marianna Andreani; Elena Ciriello; Gabriele Urban; Maddalena Incerti; Patrizia Vergani

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0197-3851)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)