Etiology And Perinatal Outcomes Between Early And Late-Onset Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis

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Abstract Purpose We aimed to compare the etiology, and perinatal outcomes of non-immune hydrops fetalis (NIHF) diagnosed early and late-onset at our hospital.Methods The records of the patients who applied to our department were reviewed, and we reached 42 NIHF cases retrospectively and examined the medical records. Hydrops diagnosis week, birth week, accompanying anomalies, and we compared perinatal outcomes as <=12 weeks (early-onset) and >12 weeks (late-onset).Results The median diagnosis week for hydrops was 18 weeks. A statistically significant difference was found between the distribution of birth week according to the diagnosis week (p=0.029). 66.7% of those diagnosed before 12 weeks and 23.3% of those diagnosed after 12 weeks gave birth before 24 weeks.Conclusions In this study, most fetuses diagnosed with early-onset NIHF were born in the first 24 weeks. In addition, it was observed that live birth rates were higher in the late-onset NIHF.