Ultrasonic patterns of intrauterine fetal growth in a Latin American country

Fescina, Ricardo Horacio; Ucieda, F. J.; Cordano, M.Cristina; Nieto, Fernando; Tenzer, Simón M.; López, Raquel

doi:10.1016/0378-3782(82)90116-5

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“…There are some works dealing with the growth velocity of HC. Fescina et al [5] showed a steady decreasing pattern of the HC growth velocity by fetal ultrasound. In preterm infants of more than 28 weeks, Fujimura and Seryu [2] found a peak of the HC growth velocity at 31 weeks, Brandt [1] at 34 weeks, and both of them observed a quick decrease afterwards.…”

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“…The second type of data included ultrasound measurements of fetuses. Growth rates were thus calculated for head dimensions, such as head circumference [5] and biparietal diame-ter [5][6][7][8][9][10], Other dimensions were scarcely mentioned in ultrasound studies. Only growth rates of femur length [11] and abdominal measurements [5,12] were calculated.…”

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Growth Velocity of Some Fetal Parameters

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1992

Neonatology

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In this study, fetal growth velocities of the body weight, crown-heel length, crown-rump length and head circumference were established from 478 normal fetuses and neonates, aged 8–41 gestational weeks. The growth rates were computed by time intervals, and the velocity curves were plotted with their 95% confidence intervals. The body weight displayed an accelerating pattern of growth until 34–35 weeks and a breakdown of the growth rate afterwards, as we already observed for the brain weight in another study published in Biology of the Neonate. Decreasing patterns of growth velocity throughout pregnancy were observed for the crown-heel and the crown-rump lengths, with a marked fall at 35 weeks. The growth velocity curve of the head circumference is also decreasing, but in a more irregular way. A curious revival of growth velocity was observed in most parameters at about 38 weeks. These changes in the growth rhythm were similar to those found previously with ultrasound data.

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Growth Velocity of Some Fetal Parameters

Jc²

1992

Neonatology

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“…In an ultrasound study, Bertino et al [7] and Fescina et al [10] reported a steadily decreasing pattern of the growth velocity for head circumference, suggesting that peak velocity occurred before 28 weeks.…”

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“…Theoretically, prenatal ultrasonography provides better measurements of prena- tal growth as it can be used to estimate these measurements longitudinally [10][11][12] . In most previous studies, however, body weight prediction by prenatal ultrasound had a wide confi dence interval, and was limited by the small number of serial observations in each pregnancy.…”

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Fetal Growth Velocities in Hong Kong Chinese Infants

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Neonatology

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Few studies have investigated the velocities of fetal growth. The aim of the present study was to determine the pattern of ‘fetal’ growth velocities in a Chinese population. The gestation-specific measurements of the body weight, body length and head circumference in a representative sample of 5,045 male and 4,484 female newborns delivered between 26 and 42 weeks of gestation at 12 hospitals in Hong Kong were obtained. Peak growth velocity occurred before 30 weeks of gestation for head circumference, at week 30 for length and at week 30 for weight. When compared with data obtained from a French population, a significant difference in the growth velocity for body weight was observed below 32 weeks between French and Chinese infants, suggesting an ethnic difference in fetal growth of this parameter.

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“…The following parameters were measured: BPD, fronto-occipital diameter (FOD), anterior-posterior abdominal diameter (APAD), transverse abdominal diameter (TAD), head circumference (HC)/abdominal circumference ratio (AC), femur length. Techniques used for ultrasonic measurements of BPD, FOD, APAD, TAD, HC and AC, are those described by FESCINA et al [6,7]. The femur was measured following O'B-RIEN and QUEENAN'S technique [17,18].…”

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