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Predicting pregnancy survival from a single first trimester vaginal ultrasonogram
Author(s) -
Burwinkel T H,
Emerson D S,
Buster J E,
Felker R E,
Altieri L A,
Carson S A
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1993.12.11.665
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonogram , pregnancy , obstetrics , gestation , gynecology , first trimester , retrospective cohort study , gestational age , second trimester , ultrasonography , gestational sac , surgery , genetics , biology
This retrospective study evaluates early first trimester FHR, gestational SACD, and CRL measurements as means to predict ultimate pregnancy outcome. Outcomes of 274 pregnancies were monitored a single time by transvaginal ultrasonography with measurements recorded between 5.0 and 9.0 weeks' gestation. The measurements were then correlated with the pregnancy outcomes. FHR (P < 0.0001), gestational SACD (P = 0.0002), and CRL (P = 0.0059) each correlated positively with a successful pregnancy outcome. Measurements from a single transvaginal ultrasonogram can be used to predict a successful pregnancy outcome in the early first trimester.