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Screening for light‐for‐gestational age infants: a comparison of three simple measurements
Author(s) -
MATHAI MATTHEWS,
JAIRAJ PRABHA,
MUTHURATHNAM S.
Publication year - 1987
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.1471-0528.1987.tb02357.x
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , gestational age , medicine , obstetrics , pediatrics , pregnancy , biology , philosophy , genetics , epistemology
Summary. Fundal height, abdominal girth and abdominal length were measured during routine examination in our antenatal clinic. Standard graphs of fundal height, abdominal girth and the ratio of fundal height to abdominal length were drawn using data from 250 consecutive women with uncomplicated pregnancies. These graphs were used to predict low‐birthweight‐for‐gestation (LGA) in 150 high‐risk and 208 low‐risk pregnancies. Fundal height measurements had high sensitivity (78–84%) and specificity (84–88%) and were therefore most reliable in screening for LGA babies.