Study on ethnic specifility of growth adjusted sonographic age of Vietnam
- Author:
Phan Truong Duyet
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Ethnology
- MeSH:
Pregnancy;
gestational age;
ethnology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2003;285(6):32-39
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The biparietal diameters (BPD) chart may not be used universally to define pregnancy date. The results of this study proved obviously that the prediction of gestational age (GA) by using the BPD chart 1 (Vietnam) and BPD chart 2 (Europe) are significantly different: Approximately acurate prediction < 7 days: 75.2% (chart 1) and 20.8% (chart 2); Pregnancy dating error > 7 days: 16.8% (chart 1) and 79.2% (chart 2); Maximum error: 16 days (chart 1) and 28 days (chart 2); GA prediction lower than actual GA: 36% (chart 1) and 95.2% (chart 2). Chart 2 is less accurate than chart 1 as a predictor of gestational age in Vietnam
