fetal lung maturity assessment

Indications

• impending premature delivery

Laboratory

• see ARUP consult

Specimen

• amniotic fluid

Notes

• several methods to determine of fetal lung maturity

More general terms

• special chemistry test

More specific terms

• Fetal lung maturity assessment, fluorescence polarization
• lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio (LS ratio)
• phosphatidylcholine.saturated in amniotic fluid
• phosphatidylcholine/albumin in amniotic fluid
• phosphatidylglycerol/surfactant.total in amniotic fluid; fetal lung maturity assessment, phosphatidylglycerol

Additional terms

• low birth weight infant (preterm infant)
• premature labor; preterm labor