Placental Thickness Used As an Indicator of Gestational Age and Fetal Weight In Uncomplicated Singleton Pregnancies:  A Sonographic  Study

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Shashishankar behera; Susmita senapati; PK Chinara

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2016

Placental Thickness Used As an Indicator of Gestational Age and Fetal Weight In Uncomplicated Singleton Pregnancies: A Sonographic Study

Shashishankar Behera , Susmita Senapati, Pk Chinara

Abstract :

  Placenta plays a vital role in human reproduction as it provides the physiological link between the pregnant woman & her offspring. This study was designed to investigate about the possibility of using placental thickness as a parameter for estimating fetal weight & gestational age. This study was conducted from 2014 Feb to 2015 march in the department of Obstetrics & Gynecology along with the department of Radiology, KIMS , Bhubaneswar,ODISHA A total of 286 women out of that 412 women were able to satisfy the inclusion criteria. The gestational age was estimated by using biparietal diameter [BPD] ,head circumference [HC] ,femur length[FL] and abdominal circumference[AC] . The placental thickness was measured at the point of umbilical cord insertion . Estimated fetal weight [EFW] was also calculated by using above said parameters .The data was collected in designed clinical data collection sheets which contains all variables of the study [i.e placental thickness ,FL , BPD,HC, AC &EFW ]. The placental thickness is considered as one of the parameter for estimating gestational age & weight of the fetus . Placental thickness appears as an accurate indicator for gestational age in singleton pregnancies . Correlation between placental thickness with femur length & biparietal diameter was significant . A strong significant and positive relation was seen between placental thickness and gestational age & fetal weight in 3rd trimester .