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The implications of introducing the symphyseal‐fundal height‐measurement. A prospective randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
LINDHARD A.,
NIELSEN P. V.,
MOURITSEN L. A.,
ZACHARIASSEN A.,
SØRENSEN H. U.,
ROSENØ H.
Publication year - 1990
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.1471-0528.1990.tb16237.x
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , obstetrics , gestational age , psychological intervention , pediatrics , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , psychiatry , biology
Summary. A total of 1639 women attending the antenatal clinic of Gentofte University Hospital, Copenhagen, during 1986–1987 was randomized into a symphyseal fundal (SF)‐group and a control group. The women in the SF‐group had their fundal height measured from the 29th week until delivery. The measurements were used along with the other usual screening procedures. The SF‐measurements were not found helpful in the prediction of small‐for‐gestational‐age infants and no significant differences were found between the two groups regarding the number of interventions, additional diagnostic procedures, or the condition of the newborns.