Correlation of Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) with Maternal and Perinatal Outcome in Antenatal Patients at Term Gestation

Abstract

To assess the maternal and perinatal outcome with varying levels of Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) in low risk antenatal women at term gestation.To enumerate the incidence of the Oligohydramnios and Polyhydramnios and evaluate the maternal and fetal outcome in cases with normal and abnormal Amniotic Fluid Index levels. The present study involved a group of 500 antenatal women with low risk at term getting admitted for safe confinement. 87.2 % of pregnant women had normal AFI, 8.8 % of pregnant women had oligohydramnios, 4% of pregnant women had Polyhydramnios. Careful assessment of AFI and close monitoring of the cases with Ooligohydramnios and polyhydramnios will bring down the maternal and perinatal complications, thereby achieving the goal of CSSM.