The Realities of Screening for the Small for Dates Fetus Using Ultrasound Measurement
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 26 (2) , 102-105
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828x.1986.tb01542.x
Abstract
Screening for the small for dates using ultrasound measurement of the fetal abdominal circumference resulted in a significantly increased rate of diagnosis compared with clinical examination. However, when the perinatal mortality and morbidity amongst infants with a birthweight less than the 10th percentile for gestation in the screened group was compared with that of similar infants in nonscreened groups who attended the same antenatal clinic but who either booked or were referred late, there was no significant difference.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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