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ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT OF FETAL GROWTH
Author(s) -
Varma Thankam R.,
Taylor H.,
Ridges C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10824.x
Subject(s) - abdomen , ultrasound , thorax (insect anatomy) , medicine , fetus , growth retardation , fetal head , biparietal diameter , gestation , fetal growth , pregnancy , obstetrics , nuclear medicine , anatomy , radiology , gestational age , head circumference , biology , genetics
Summary Consecutive ultrasonic measurements of the fetal head area, thorax area, abdomen area, head/thorax (H/T) area ratio and head/abdomen (H/A) area ratio were obtained from 100 patients with a normal pregnancy and from 186 patients with suspected intrauterine fetal growth retardation. Of all the measurements used, H/A area ratio was found to be most accurate in identifying intrauterine fetal growth retardation predicting 82.9 per cent at 33 weeks and 85.7 per cent at 36 to 38 weeks of gestation. This technique was also found to be useful in distinguishing between the two types of growth retardation. The H/A area ratio was helpful in identifying the growth acceleration pattern of a large baby.