Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

Clinical Versus Ultrasound Estimation of Fetal Weight at Term

Dr Samta Bali Rathore, Dr Ranjana Atal

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 Accurate estimation of fetal weight is of paramount importance in the management of labour and delivery. During the last decade, estimated fetal weight has been incorporated into the standard routine antepartum evaluation of high–risk pregnancies and deliveries. This study was to compare the accuracy of clinical and sonographic methods of predicting fetal weights at term. This prospective comparative study of 100 patients was conducted at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital. The study participants were mothers with singleton term pregnancy admitted for delivery. The estimated mean fetal birth weight by ultrasound was 2.68kg (SD 0.50), by clinical method was 2.61kg (SD 0.49) and actual mean birth weight was 2.65kg (SD 0.52). However, there was no significant difference (p >0.05) between the estimates of ultrasound and clinical method and the actual birth weight. The accuracy of fetal weight estimation using Johnson’s formula is comparable to ultrasound estimates for predicting birth weight at term

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Clinical Versus Ultrasound Estimation of Fetal Weight at Term , Dr Samta Bali Rathore, Dr Ranjana Atal , INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8|Issue-12 | December-2018

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