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Is that femur really short? A survey of current and best practice in fetal biometry
Author(s) -
M Elizabeth A.,
Shub Alexis,
Walker Susan P.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/ajo.12049
Subject(s) - confusion , medicine , publishing , chart , best practice , quality (philosophy) , clinical practice , medical education , family medicine , psychology , political science , statistics , law , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , psychoanalysis
A web‐based survey of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists fellows and trainees enquired about fetal femur length reporting and found: Heterogeneous (including unpublished) chart choices. Popular charts are not always of highest quality. z‐score rarely used despite World Health Authority endorsement. Potential clinical risks include false‐positive and false‐negative diagnosis and confusion for both patient and staff. We recommend developing high‐quality charts, publishing unpublished charts and describe methods to support best practice.