DIAGNOSTIC ABILITY OF MONOPOLAR GDV METHOD IN EVALUATION OF PATHOLOGIC PREGNANCY.
Gimbut V.S., Chernositov A.V., Zamanskaya T.A.
Perinatal Laboratory, Scientific Research Institute of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation.
BACKGROUND: Electroacupuncture diagnostics uses phenomenon of “energy” balance detecting at cooperated points of acupuncture in normal subjects and, at the other hand, “energy” disbalance in case of pathology. Widely known Foll and Riodoraku methods uses the contact electrodes and have a distinct variability in parameters due to individual characteristics of skin resistance, electrolyte composition of sweat, electrode pressure on skin etc. Monopolar GDV method allows to evaluate “energy” parameters of acupuncture points (balance and disbalance) without contacting electrode with skin and free of these defects.
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to study monopolar GDV parameters of fingers in physiological course of pregnancy and it changes in case of complications appear.
METHODS: Ultrasound, doppler parameters and clinical data were used to define a threatened abortion and disturbances of utero-placental hemodynamics. Monopolar GDV method was used to get a pictures of GDV parameters to compare with diagnostic data of traditional methods. 21 women with threatened abortion at I-II trimester (group I), 14 women with utero-placental hemodynamic disturbances at II trimester (group II) and 13 control women at I-II trimester with physiological course of pregnancy were studied. Clinical data, ultrasound and doppler parameters were compared with monopolar GDV parameters – disbalance coefficient (DC) and asymmetry coefficient (AC).
RESULTS: All women in I and II group demonstrated ultrasonographic and doppler features of threatened abortion and hemodynamic disturbances in uterine arteries. There were no significant differences in DC and AC between two groups, but DC parameters at group II have demonstrated tendency to lower parameters. Our study revealed significant differences in DC parameters between control and two studied groups. Left DC (LDS) in controls was 0,23±0,24 (p<0,05), right DC (RDS) had the same value, in group I these parameters were 1,00±0,43 and 0,90±0,45 (p<0,05) respectively. In group of women with utero-placental hemodynamic disturbances but no symptoms of threatened abortion (group II) LDS was 0,79±0,55 and RDS was 0,86±0,40 (p<0,05). There were no significant differences in AC parameters between all studied groups.
CONCLUSION: There are evidence of serious “energy” disbalance at acupoints of fingers in case of pregnancy disturbances. Disbalance value may correlate with severity of complications of pregnancy.