New formula for estimating fetal weight below 1000 g: Comparison with existing formulas

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 669-672

  Scott, Fergus ^a,c   Beeby, Phillip ^a   Abbott, Jason ^a   Edelman, David ^b   Boogert, Antheunis ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estimated fetal weight; Fetus; Weight, fetal

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WEIGHING;

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ESTIMATED FETAL WEIGHT; FEMUR LENGTH; FETUSES; HADLOCK FORMULA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; PROGNOSIS; STANDARD DEVIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION;

FETAL MONITORING;

ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0030270649     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.10.669     Document Type: Article

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