Open AccessEfficacy of Transcerebellar Diameter/ Abdominal Circumference Versus Head Circumference/Abdominal Circumference in Predicting Asymmetric Intrauterine Growth Retardation
Author(s) -
Bhimarao,
Rashmi M. Nagaraju,
Venkatraman Bhat,
Puttanna Vn Gowda
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/14079.6554
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , obstetrics , gestation , fetus , percentile , ultrasound , predictive value , prospective cohort study , pregnancy , radiology , genetics , mathematics , biology , statistics
The high incidence of IUGR and its low recognition lead to increasing perinatal morbidity and mortality for which prediction of IUGR with timely management decisions is of paramount importance. Many studies have compared the efficacy of several gestational age independent parameters and found that TCD/AC is a better predictor of asymmetric IUGR.