Clinical impact of Doppler reference charts on management of small-for-gestational-age fetuses: need for standardization.

Sara Ruiz-MartinezA T PapageorghiouE Staines-UriasJ VillarR Gonzalez De AgüeroD Oros

Published in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2020)

The choice of Doppler reference chart can result in significant variation in the clinical management of SGA fetuses, which may lead to suboptimal outcomes and inaccurate research conclusions. Therefore, an attempt to standardize fetal Doppler reference ranges is needed. Copyright © 2019 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
blood flow
type diabetes