Should parity be included in customised fetal weight standards for identifying small-for-gestational-age babies? Results from a French multicentre study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1256-1264

  Ego, A ^a,b   Subtil, D ^a,b   Grange, G ^c   Thiebaugeorges, O ^d   Senat, M V ^e   Vayssiere, C ^f   Zeitlin, J ^b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Port Royal Maternity Hospital ^*  (France)

^d Maternite Regionale Universitaire   (France)

^e HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^f SIHCUS CMCO Centre Medico Chirurgical et Obstetrical   (France)

Author keywords

Birthweight standards; Fetal growth restriction; Parity; Perinatal morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; FRANCE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 49649089497     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01855.x     Document Type: Article

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