Open AccessIntrauterine growth restriction: antenatal diagnosis and fetal outcome
Author(s) -
Lubna Amin,
Shaheena Asif
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of king edward medical university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2079-7192
pISSN - 2079-0694
DOI - 10.21649/akemu.v11i4.1104
Subject(s) - medicine , intrauterine growth restriction , obstetrics , birth weight , obstetrics and gynaecology , fetus , pregnancy , percentile , gestation , pediatrics , statistics , genetics , mathematics , biology
The following study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Jinnah hospital Lahore to identify women with risk factors for IUGR (Intrauterine growth restriction: Antenatal diagnosis and foetal outcome.)on clinical assessment and ultrasound and to co -relate antenatal diagnosis with fetal outcome. Fifty (50) patients were picked on basis of risk factor. Fourteen (28%) had SFH less than expected for gestation. Eleven (22%) had hypertension, Nine (18%) had previous history of SGA babies. Other risk factors were diabetes mellitus, pre-pregnancy weight less than 50 kg and smoking. On ultrasound 18 (39.63%) of patients were diagnosed as IUGR while 28 (60.48%) were diagnosed as non IUGR. Among IUGR babies 66.24% had asymmetrical while 33.76% had symmetrical IUGR. 39.53% babies were suspected of IUGR on SFH, and 28% of IUGR babies were suspected on ultrasound, as outcome measure 25% of babies had birth weight less than 10th percentile after delivery. It was concluded that for antenatal diagn osis of IUGR sonographic assessment is more precise than clinical assessment.