Interest of Measuring Lung Elasticity ELASTOgraphy in the Fetus in the Case of PreMAture Childbirth Threat

Interest of Measuring Lung Elasticity ELASTOgraphy in the Fetus in the Case of PreMAture Childbirth Threat

The objective of the study was to evaluated the feasibility and reproducibility of the measurement of lung elasticity report / fetal liver according to gestational age in a group of patients with a normal course of pregnancy and in a group of Patients at risk of preterm delivery.

Inclusion Criteria for control group :

• major pregnant women
• singleton pregnancy

Inclusion Criteria for control group :

• major pregnant women
• singleton pregnancy
• hospitalized for threatened premature birth between 24 and 34 WA
• Indication of a cure corticosteroid betamethasone

Exclusion Criteria:

• maternal conditions of pregnancy: diabetes gestational, pregnancy-induced hypertension, preeclampsia
• fetal lung diseases