Actual fundal height and uteral circumference in the prediction of fetal weight
- Author:
Duyet Truong Phan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
fetus
- MeSH:
Fetus;
Birth Weight
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;233(2):18-23
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Fundal height and abdominal circumference has been used for predicting fetal weight by many obstetricians for a long time. The results has proved: there are relatively relationship between, measurement values and fetal weight with the correlation coefficient (r=0.7). The error prediction was high, due to the misleading factor: abdominal thickness. This is differ from mother to others. This should be eliminated by using the actual uterine height (AUH) and actual uterine circumference (AUC) value. The results of this study demonstrated that: a close correlation between AUH (x1); AUC (x2); AUH+AUC (x3) and fetal weight (y) with correlation function and correlation coefficient as follow: Y=206.8x1-311.2; r>0.9; Y=79x2-3369.9; r>0.9; Y=57.6x3-3348; r>0.9; This appear to be a higher accurate method in fetal weight assessment.
