1987
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1987.6.2.71
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A comparison of fetal biometric ratios to neonatal morphometrics.

Abstract: Ratios of fetal abdominal circumference to femur length (AC/FL) and thigh circumference to femur length (TC/FL) have been suggested as indices of fetal nutrition. Birthweight, skin-fold thickness, and ponderal index are accepted neonatal indices of nutrition. The purpose of this study was to compare fetal to neonatal indices of nutrition. In 52 patients in term labor, fetal abdominal circumference, thigh circumference, and femur length were measured ultrasonographically. Neonatal skin-fold thickness was calcul… Show more

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“…However, small errors in femur length estimation will result in large errors in ponderal index due to the cubing of the femur length. Other biometric ratios need investigating since both abdominal circumference/femur length and thigh circumference/femur length ratios have been shown to correlate with neonatal ponderal index (Hays & Patterson 1987). Finally future energies must be directed towards the concept of fetal health not birthweight.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…However, small errors in femur length estimation will result in large errors in ponderal index due to the cubing of the femur length. Other biometric ratios need investigating since both abdominal circumference/femur length and thigh circumference/femur length ratios have been shown to correlate with neonatal ponderal index (Hays & Patterson 1987). Finally future energies must be directed towards the concept of fetal health not birthweight.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Um den möglichen Wert des Ponderal Index im Vergleich zu Gewichtsperzentilen zu klären, ist daher eine prospektive Untersuchung mit langfristiger Nachbeobachtung der Kinder erforderlich.Vor allem in neueren Arbeiten, die sich mit dysproportionierten Mangelgeborenen beschäftigen, wurde wiederholt versucht, den Ponderal Index präpartal zu bestimmen. Zur Berechnung kamen verschiedene Formeln zur Anwendung, die jedoch bisher nur eine geringe Korrelation zum postpartalen Ponderal Index aufweisen[2,3,8,19,27].Da durch die intensive subpartale Überwachung, wie sie gegenwärtig Standard ist, nur geringe Unterschiede zwischen dem Hochrisikokollektiv der Mangelgeborenen und dem Vergleichskollektiv nachweisbar waren, bleibt der Nutzen der präpartalen Erkennung dysproportionierter Mangelgeborener fragwürdig. Angesichts des Trends zur Einschränkung des fetalen Monitorings im Zusammenhang mit "natürlicher Geburt" ohne Apparatemedizin könnte die Erkennung dieses Risikokollektivs jedoch wieder Bedeutung erlangen.…”
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