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. 2002 Sep-Nov;22(5-6):312-4.
doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.312.

Prediction of low birth weight infants from ultrasound measurement of placental diameter and placental thickness

Fawzia A Habib  1
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Prediction of low birth weight infants from ultrasound measurement of placental diameter and placental thickness

Fawzia A Habib. Ann Saudi Med. 2002 Sep-Nov.
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Abstract

Background: The aim of the study was to help to predict low birth weight infants by measuring placental diameter and thickness.

Subjects and methods: A prospective study was conducted of 70 consecutive singleton pregnancies to evaluate placental diameter and thickness by ultrasonographic measurement at 36 weeks gestation. The individual data were fitted to a logistic regression analysis.

Results: A "warning limit" of a placental diameter of 18 cm and placental thickness of 2 cm at 36 weeks gestation were calculated to predict low birth weight infants.

Conclusion: Ultrasonographic placental diameter and thickness measurements appears to be of prognostic value in identifying the subsequent occurrence of fetal growth retardation.

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