Accuracy of ultrasound, clinical and maternal estimates of birth weight in term women

Accurate prenatal estimation of birth weight is useful in the management of labour and delivery. This study compared the accuracy of ultrasound, clinical and maternal estimates of fetal weight in 246 parous women with singleton, term pregnancies admitted for scheduled caesarean section. The sensitiv...

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Published inEastern Mediterranean health journal Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 313 - 317
Main Authors Ashrafganjooei, T, Naderi, T, Eshrati, B, Babapoor, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Egypt 01.03.2010
Subjects
Adult
Anthropometry
Attitude to Health
Birth Weight
Chi-Square Distribution
Female
Fetal Weight
Humans
Iran
Mothers - psychology
Palpation - methods
Palpation - standards
Parity
Predictive Value of Tests
Pregnancy
Prospective Studies
ROC Curve
Sensitivity and Specificity
Ultrasonography, Prenatal - methods
Ultrasonography, Prenatal - standards
Iran
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Summary:Accurate prenatal estimation of birth weight is useful in the management of labour and delivery. This study compared the accuracy of ultrasound, clinical and maternal estimates of fetal weight in 246 parous women with singleton, term pregnancies admitted for scheduled caesarean section. The sensitivity and specificity of predicting birth weight by ultrasound measures were 12.6% and 92.1%, by clinical palpation were 11.8% and 99.6% and by maternal estimate were 6.3% and 98.0% respectively. Clinicians' estimates of birth weight in term pregnancy were as accurate as routine ultrasound estimation in the week before delivery. Parous women's estimates of birth weight were more accurate than either clinical or ultrasound estimation.
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ISSN:1020-3397
1687-1634
DOI:10.26719/2010.16.3.313