Does the availability of maternal HbA1c results improve the accuracy of sonographic diagnosis of macrosomia?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 466-471

  Weissmann Brenner, A ^a   O'Reilly Green, C ^a   Ferber, A ^a   Divon, M Y ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal macrosomia; HbA1c; Sonographic estimation of fetal weight

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 2442473334     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1031     Document Type: Article

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