Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:Although a few studies have evaluated the effect of meconium on the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio for testing of fetal lung maturity, to date these studies have assessed only the lecithin-sphingomyelin ratio of amniotic fluid contaminated with meconium. The purpose of this study was (1) to determine whether meconium by itself has a lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio and, if so, (2) to determine whether the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio is constant. STUDY DESIGN:A lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio was obtained by standard thin-layer chromatography on the first meconium stool of 20 neonates between 31 weeks and term. A quantitative assay was then performed on a sample from each gestational age (7 samples ranging from 31 weeks to term) to confirm the presence of lecithin and sphingomyelin. RESULTS:The 20 samples had atypical thin-layer chromatographic migratory patterns in the zones for lecithin and sphingomyelin. The presumed lecithin/sphingomyelin ratios ranged from 1.1 to 3.6, with no correlation with gestational age. However, the quantitative assay did not detect the presence of lecithin or sphingomyelin in any of the analyzed samples. CONCLUSIONS:Meconium does not appear to contain lecithin or sphingomyelin but has an unidentified moiety whose migratory pattern, as shown by qualitative standard thin-layer chromatography, is similar to that of lecithin with sphingomyelin. Therefore the presence of meconium in amniotic fluid may falsely raise or lower the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio and confuse fetal lung maturity interpretations.
journal_name
Am J Obstet Gynecoljournal_title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecologyauthors
Longo SA,Towers CV,Strauss A,Asrat T,Freeman RKdoi
10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70038-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-12-01 00:00:00pages
1640-2issue
6 Pt 1eissn
0002-9378issn
1097-6868pii
S0002-9378(98)70038-9journal_volume
179pub_type
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