Abstract:Objective To investigate the value of hemodynamic parameters of fetal ductus venosus measured via ultrasound combined with serum placental growth factor (PLGF) in predicting pregnancy outcome of patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).Methods The clinical data of 80 patients diagnosed with HDP during prenatal examination in our hospital from April 2022 to April 2023 were retrospectively analyzed, and they were set as the case group. Another 100 healthy pregnant women undergoing prenatal examination during the same period were selected as the control group. The hemodynamic parameters [pulse index (PI), resistance index (RI), ratio of systolic to diastolic peak flow velocity (S/D), ductus venosus shunt rate], the serum level of PLGF and the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes were compared between the two groups. According to the pregnancy outcomes, HDP patients were divided into adverse outcome group (n = 18) and good outcome group (n = 62). The baseline data, hemodynamic parameters of fetal ductus venosus and PLGF levels of the two groups were compared, and the value of hemodynamic parameters of fetal ductus venosus and serum levels of PLGF in predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes of HDP patients was analyzed by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Multivariable Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes among HDP patients.Results The hemodynamic parameters of fetal ductus venosus including PI, RI, S/D and the ductus venosus shunt rate in the case group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05), and the serum level of PLGF in the case group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes in the case group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The proportion of patients with age ≥ 35 years old, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), PI, RI, S/D, and the ductus venosus shunt rate in the adverse outcome group were higher than those in the good outcome group (P < 0.05). The ROC curve analysis revealed that both hemodynamic parameters of fetal ductus venosus and the serum level of PLGF could be used to predict the adverse pregnancy outcome of HDP patients. The sensitivities of pre-pregnancy BMI, PI, RI, S/D, the ductus venosus shunt rate, the serum level of PLGF and their combined detection for predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes of HDP patients were 77.8% (95% CI: 0.713, 0.854), 83.3% (95% CI: 0.682, 0.951), 83.3% (95% CI: 0.813, 0.927), 94.4% (95% CI: 0.847, 0.952), 94.4% (95% CI: 0.907, 0.983), 72.2% (95% CI: 0.682, 0.841), and 94.4% (95% CI: 0.921, 0.965), with the specificities being 85.5% (95% CI: 0.690, 0.873), 54.8% (95% CI: 0.522, 0.764), 91.2% (95% CI: 0.871, 0.925), 75.8% (95% CI: 0.723, 0.862), 91.8% (95% CI: 0.857, 0.931), 93.6% (95% CI: 0.748, 0.964), and 95.2% (95% CI: 0.917, 0.980). Multivariable Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that age [O^R = 1.357 (95% CI: 1.033, 1.783) ], pre-pregnancy BMI [O^R = 1.536 (95% CI: 1.118, 2.110) ], PI [O^R = 1.797 (95% CI: 1.122, 2.878) ], RI [O^R = 1.751 (95% CI: 1.121, 2.735) ], S/D [O^R = 1.886 (95% CI: 1.075, 3.309) ], ductus venosus shunt rate [O^R = 1.967 (95% CI: 1.142, 3.388) ] and PLGF [O^R = 2.132 (95% CI: 1.176, 3.865) ] were factors contributing to the adverse pregnancy outcome in HDP patients (P < 0.05).Conclusions Abnormally high values of hemodynamic parameters of fetal ductus venosus and decreased serum level of PLGF are closely related to the occurrence and development of HDP. These indicators effectively predict the pregnancy outcome, and their combined detection yields higher sensitivity and specificity.