Do specific weight formulas for fetuses 1500 g really improve weight estimation?

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-52

  Hoopmann, M ^a   Bernau, B ^a   Hart, N ^b   Schild, R L ^b   Siemer, Jorn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Friederikenstift   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal weight estimation; Obstetrics; Regression formula; Small fetus; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77149161108     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109481     Document Type: Article

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