Pinette Michael G, Blackstone Jacquelyn, Wax Joseph R, Cartin Angelina
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, USA.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Dec;187(6):1721-2. doi: 10.1067/mob.2002.128089.
A fetus with mature amniotic fluid lung indices was delivered with subsequent respiratory distress syndrome, demonstrating that fetal pulmonary maturity needs to be viewed as a probability. We calculated the probability of respiratory distress as a function of gestational age and fetal lung maturity. The percent risks are displayed in an easily readable table format.
