Sonographic birth-weight prediction in obese patients using the gestation-adjusted prediction method

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-70

  Thornburg, L L ^a,b   Barnes, C ^a   Glantz, J C ^a   Pressman, E K ^a  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Ob/Gyn ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestation adjusted; Macrosomia; Obesity; Prediction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATION ADJUSTED PREDICTION METHOD; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW YORK; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 54849410104     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5319     Document Type: Article

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