PEDIATRICS Vol. 84 No. 2 August 1989, pp. A24
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CAUTION IN INTERPRETATION OF AMNIOTIC FLUID INDICES OF FETAL PULMONARY MATURITY

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When gestational age has been firmly established by standard obstetric criteria, the risks of routine amniocentesis prior to repeat caesarian section in the uncomplicated term gestation [to obtain amniotic fluid indices of fetal pulmonary maturity] outweigh the usefulness of the potentially uninformative or misleading information gained.