172
Views
10
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Estimation of fetal weight before delivery in low-resource setting of North-west Nigeria: can we rely on our clinical skills?

, &
Pages 949-953 | Received 03 May 2014, Accepted 23 Jun 2014, Published online: 17 Jul 2014

References

  • Jolly MC, Sebire NJ, Harris JP, et al. Risk factors for macrosomia and its clinical consequences: a study of 350,311 pregnancies. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2003;111:9–14
  • Patterson RM, Prihoda TJ, Gibbs CE, Wood RC. Analysis of birth weight percentile as a predictor of perinatal outcome. Obstet Gynecol 1986;68:459–63
  • Hadlock FP, Harrist RB, Carpenter RJ, et al. Sonographic estimation of fetal weight: the value of femur length in addition to head and abdominal measurements. Radiology 1984;150:535–40
  • Campbell S, Wilkin D. Ultrasonic measurement of the fetal abdominal circumference in estimation of fetal weight. Br J Obstet Gynecol 1975;82:689–97
  • Shepard M, Richards V, Berkowitz R, et al. An evaluation of two equations for predicting fetal weight by ultrasound. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1982;142:47–54
  • Nzeh DA, Rimmer S, Moore WMO, et al. Prediction of birth weight by ultrasound biometry. Br J Radiol 1992;66:987–9
  • Ojwang S, Ouko BC. Prediction of fetal weight in utero by fundal height/girth measurements. J Obstet Gynecol East Central Afr 1984;3:111–17
  • Dare FO, Ademowore AS, Ifaturoti OO, Nganwuchu A. The value of symphysiofundal height/abdominal girth measurement in predicting fetal weight. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 1990;31:243–8
  • Shittu AS, Oluwafemi K, Orji EO, et al. Clinical versus sonographic estimation of fetal weight in Southwest Nigeria. J Health Popul Nutr 2007;25:14–23
  • Watson WJ, Soisson AP, Harlass FE. Estimated weight of the term fetus. Accuracy of ultrasound vs. clinical examination. J Reprod Med 1988;33:369–71
  • Chauhan SP, Lutton TC, Bailey KJ, Morrison JC. Intrapartum prediction of birthweight: clinical versus sonographic estimation based on femur length alone. Obstet Gynecol 1993;81:695–7
  • Hendrix NW, Grady CS, Chauhan SP. Clinical vs. sonographic estimate of birth weight in term parturient. A randomized clinical trial. J Reprod Med 2000;45:317–22
  • Peregrine E, O'Brien P, Jauniaux E. Clinical and ultrasound estimation of birth weight prior to induction of labor at term. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2007;29:304–9
  • Ong HC, Sen DK. Clinical estimation of fetal weight. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1972;112:877–80
  • Hanretty KP, Neilson JP, Fleming EE. Re-evaluation of clinical estimation of fetal weight: a comparison with ultrasound. J Obstet Gynecol 1990;10:199–201
  • Cheng MC, Chew PC, Ratnam SS. Birth weight distribution of Singapore Chinese, Malay and Indian infants from 34 weeks to 42 weeks gestation. J Obstet Gynaecol Br Commonw 1972;79:149–53
  • Chaunhan SP, Hendrix NW, Magann EF, et al. Limitation of clinical and sonographic estimates of birthweight: experience with 1034 parturients. Obstet Gynaecol 1998;91:72–7
  • Chaunhan SP, Cowan BD, Magann EF, et al. Intrapartum detection of macrosomic fetus: clinical versus 8 sonographic models. Aust NZJ Obstet Gynaecol 1995;35:266–70
  • Sarmandal P, Bailey SM, Grant JM. A comparison of three methods of assessing inter-observer variation applied to ultrasonic fetal measurement in the third trimester. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1989;96:1261–5
  • Sherman DJ, Arieli S, Tovbin J, et al. A comparison of clinical and ultrasound estimation of fetal weight. Obstet Gynaecol 1998;91:212–17
  • Baum JD, Gussman D, Stone P. Clinical and patient estimation of fetal weight vs. ultrasound estimation. J Reprod Med 2002;47:194–8
  • Prechapanich J, Thitadilok W. Comparison of the accuracy of fetal weight estimation using clinical and sonographic methods. J Med Assoc Thai 2004;87:S1–7
  • Noumi G, Collado-Khoury F, Bombard A, et al. Clinical and sonographic estimation of fetal weight performed during labor by residents. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005;192:1407–9

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.