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Altered fetal growth: antenatal diagnosis by symphysis‐fundal height in India and comparison with western charts
Author(s) -
Grover V.,
Usha R.,
Kalra S.,
Sachdeva S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90291-c
Subject(s) - medicine , symphysis , obstetrics , pubic symphysis , fetal growth , fetus , population , pregnancy , surgery , environmental health , biology , pelvis , genetics
Antenatal identification of altered fetal growth is a significant problem in spite of the availability of sophisticated technology. The present study was undertaken to generate symphysis‐fundal height curves locally for an Indian population and to assess their value in predicting altered fetal growth. The measurements were found to have a high sensitivity of 80.8% and specificity of 93.5% in detection of small for date babies and a sensitivity and specificity of 72.2% and 95.2%, respectively in detection of fetal macrosomia. The locally generated symphysis‐fundal height charts have been compared with the western charts and the differences stressed. It is concluded that symphysis‐fundal height curves should be locally generated for best results.