Fetal weight estimation in extreme macrosomia (≥4,500g): Comparison of 10 formulas

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Faschingbauer, F ^a   Voigt, F ^a   Goecke, T W ^a   Siemer, J ^b   Beckmann, M W ^a   Yazdi, B ^c   Schild, R L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b Krankenhaus Ludmillenstift   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Diakonie Hospitals   (Germany)

Author keywords

fetus; observer performance; obstetrics; ultrasound 2D

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CEPHALOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871657267     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281833     Document Type: Article

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