Amniotic fluid index

Amniotic fluid index (AFI) is a measure of the amount of amniotic fluidcite book |author=Tom C Winter; Sanders, Roger C. |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Clinical Sonography: A Practical Guide |edition= |language= |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstown, MD |year=2006 |origyear= |pages= p502|quote= |isbn=0-7817-4869-0 |oclc= |doi= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=KUd6bLOtrxoC&pg=PA502&dq=%22Amniotic+Fluid+Index%22&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=D5hzSL-OHJPgiQGZodHpBw&sig=ACfU3U1KFI2U2NCQmg31qs_QnlaBm6Dw3Q|accessdate=] and is an index for the fetal wellbeing. It is a part of the biophysical profile.

AFI is the score given to the amount of amniotic fluid (by adding up centimeters of depth of four pockets of fluid)cite book |author=Carr, Phyllis L.; Ricciotti, Hope; Freund, Karen M.; Scott Kahan |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=In a Page Ob/Gyn & Women's Health (In a Page) |edition= |language= |publisher=Blackwell Publishers |location=Cambridge, MA |year=2003 |origyear= |pages= p105|quote= |isbn=1-4051-0380-9 |oclc= |doi= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=YsHwGCYi0YAC&pg=PA105&dq=%22Amniotic+Fluid+Index%22+Oligohydramnios&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=fZlzSMzkA5ykjgHJ1cDpBw&sig=ACfU3U1EbKtOGTTXoR5CcrzbiVepm-BrDg|accessdate=] seen on pregnant uterus by ultrasound. An AFI < 5-6 is considered as Oligohydramnios and an AFI > 20-24 is considered as Polyhydramnios.cite book |author=Sylvia Dobo; Mitchell King; Lipsky, Martin S.; Jeff Susman |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Family Medicine Certification Review |edition= |language= |publisher=Blackwell Publishers |location=Cambridge, MA |year=2003 |origyear= |pages= p133|quote= |isbn=1-4051-0329-9 |oclc= |doi= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=ETS89YmvaIkC&pg=PT144&dq=%22Amniotic+Fluid+Index%22+Polyhydramnios&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=UppzSKvyGYHsiQGM-oGiCQ&sig=ACfU3U2vkbEgR2-mupYggbnhsdYJ2C67ig#PPT144,M1|accessdate=]

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