Prenatal ultrasonographic fetal rib length measurement: correlation with gestational age
| Autor: | S. L. Warsof, P. Kolm, S. J. Sedule-Murphy, A. T. Evans, H. Youssef, Alfred Abuhamad |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Crown-rump length Gynecology medicine.medical_specialty Pregnancy Centimeter Fetus Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Obstetrics business.industry Ultrasound Obstetrics and Gynecology Gestational age General Medicine medicine.disease Reproductive Medicine Obstetrics and gynaecology Dysplasia embryonic structures medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging business |
| Zdroj: | Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 7:193-196 |
| ISSN: | 0960-7692 |
| Popis: | The availability of normal data on fetal rib bone length would be of value in a variety of circumstances under which ultrasound examinations are performed. Fetal rib length measurements were obtained in 257 singleton fetuses in a prospective cross-sectional study. The study population consisted of pregnancies between 14 and 40 weeks with no evidence of growth disturbances, or structural or karyotypic abnormalities. Fetal rib length, as a function of gestational age, was expressed by the regression equation: RL = −0.5834 + 0.2030 (GA), where RL is the rib length in centimeters and GA the gestational age in weeks. The correlation was R = 0.94 (p < 0.0001). The normal limits of fetal rib length are defined, and a high correlation between fetal rib length, gestational age, and other standard determinants of fetal growth is demonstrated. Our results indicate that fetal rib length can be a useful adjunct in determining normal fetal growth and in the management of the pregnancy with fetal skeletal dysplasia. Copyright © 1996 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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