Comparing the relation between ultrasound-estimated fetal weight and birthweight in cohort of small-for-gestational-age fetuses.

Katie StephensMaya Al-MemarSuzanne Beattie-JonesMandish DhanjalStephanie MappouridouElizabeth ThorneChristoph C Lees

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2019)

Small-for-gestational-age infants with a birthweight <10th percentile are poorly identified antenatally with little improvement for those <5th percentile. In SGA babies, ultrasound EFW overestimated birthweight. Discrepancies between birthweight and EFW are not explicable only by the limitations of third-trimester sonography, a reduction in fetal weight close to delivery in a proportion of liveborn SGA babies is plausible.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
magnetic resonance imaging
body mass index
weight loss
physical activity
weight gain
ultrasound guided
body weight
pregnancy outcomes