Ponderal index (PI) vs birth weight centiles in the low-risk primigravid population: Which is the better predictor of fetal wellbeing?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 439-443

  Cooley, S M ^a   Donnelly, J C ^a   Walsh, T ^a   Kirkham, C ^a   Gillan, J ^a   Geary, M P ^b  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth weight; Centile; Neonatal outcome; Ponderal index

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACIDOSIS; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DYSMATURITY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; WEIGHT INDEX;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861817635     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2012.667172     Document Type: Review

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