Where is the symptom complex?

De Lee Symptom - a group of early obstetric symptoms, of which the most informative is the cessation of the uterus in tone before childbirth; sudden cessation and resumption of labor without insertion of a catheter into the amniotic sac. The uterine response includes three to four strong contractions lasting 20-30 seconds

De Lee symptom complex

De Lee symptom complex: fetal pathologies during childbirth

**De Lee symptom complex** is a set of diagnostic signs reflecting disturbances in the intrauterine development of fetal organs and systems at different stages of pregnancy. First described by American obstetrician John Verity De Lee in 1895. The pathology usually manifests itself during pregnancy, and the outcome can be very different. The most effective is an integrated approach to diagnosis and treatment. The pathology is distinguished from ordinary miscarriage by the regularity of changes in the picture at each visit to the woman and the rapidly progressive deterioration of the condition of the fetus in the uterus. Every pregnant woman needs to have her doctor listen to an ultrasound of the fetus, take a urine test for acetone, a general blood test with a leukocyte count, and refer the woman for an echographic examination. With DLST, the results are monitored at every examination of a pregnant woman by a gynecologist. In the diagnosis of DLST, along with ultrasound data, Dopplerography is of great importance. The resistance index in the uterine arteries in DLST is increased, but does not correspond to the duration of the disease. After birth, hemodynamics are established very quickly in the segments of the uteroplacental blood flow. The pulsation coefficient is low, which serves as a basis for diagnosing DLST. It is necessary to take into account echography data - premature interruption of placentation, incoordination of the placenta, deformation and decrease in its shape, swelling and asymmetrical increase in one or two