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Measurement of fundal height as a screening test for fetal growth retardation
Author(s) -
ROSENBERG KATHRYN,
GRANT JOHN M.,
TWEEDIE IRENE,
AITCHISON TOM,
GALLAGHER FRAN
Publication year - 1982
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.1471-0528.1982.tb03634.x
Subject(s) - growth retardation , medicine , screening test , test (biology) , fetal growth , obstetrics , pediatrics , pregnancy , fetus , biology , paleontology , genetics
Summary. Fundal heights were measured on 761 women in the course of their routine antenatal care. This information was assessed, alone and in combination with other variables such as previous obstetric history and smoking, for its utility in predicting growth retardation. The results were disappointing. By most criteria used for classification, approximately half of the growth retarded babies were classified as such while half were missed. False positive rates were unacceptably high. It is concluded that fundal height measurement is of little use as a screening test for growth retardation.