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Erschienen in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 6/2019

05.04.2019 | Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Pilot study: placental biomarker predictive capability (sFlt-1, PlGF and their ratio) of postpartum maternal outcome

verfasst von: Amr Hamza, Ch. Gerlinger, J. Radosa, E. F. Solomayer, J. Hagmann, U. Sester, R. Bohle, R. Stroeder, Z. Takacs, G. Meyberg-Solomayer, I. Juhasz-Boess, M. Kasoha

Erschienen in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Ausgabe 6/2019

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Abstract

Background

Prenatal measurement of placental biomarkers was able to improve screening and diagnosis of preeclampsia. Little is known about the clinical role of placental biomarkers in the postpartum period.

Methods

This study is a prospective monocentric trial that included a total of 30 women with preeclamptic pregnancies. Serum placental biomarkers including soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) and placental growth factor (PlGF) were measured before and 2 h after delivery by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) using commercially available kits according to manufacturer’s instructions and correlated with the postpartum outcome.

Results

Postpartum higher serum PlGF level was associated with postpartum elevation of the systolic blood pressure. Yet, the placental biomarkers were not able to predict general worsening of postpartum preeclampsia or other individual clinical or laboratory parameters.

Conclusion

Serum concentrations of sFlt-1 and PlGF or their ratio in our study cohort did not completely predict the occurrence of postpartum preeclampsia. Yet, postpartum higher serum PlGF level was associated with postpartum elevation of the systolic blood pressure.
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Metadaten
Titel
Pilot study: placental biomarker predictive capability (sFlt-1, PlGF and their ratio) of postpartum maternal outcome
verfasst von
Amr Hamza
Ch. Gerlinger
J. Radosa
E. F. Solomayer
J. Hagmann
U. Sester
R. Bohle
R. Stroeder
Z. Takacs
G. Meyberg-Solomayer
I. Juhasz-Boess
M. Kasoha
Publikationsdatum
05.04.2019
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Ausgabe 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-019-05128-6

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