The Relation of Fetal Colon Diameter with Estimation of Gestational Age

• 作者: Azzam Abou-Tok Israa Ali Haidar Kanaan Al Sakka Mayada Roumieh
• 来源期刊: 妇产科期刊(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: Colon Diameter Fetal Colon Gestational Age ULTRASOUND
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（11）
• 页码范围: 1513-1524
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

<strong>Background</strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>:</strong></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Conventional ultrasound dating is not very accurate after 34 weeks of gestation and has standard deviation of about 2 weeks. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span></b></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Verify whether fetal colon diameter can be used as a tool for estimating gestational age (GA) of fetuses between 34 to 40 weeks. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Materials</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">:</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This was a prospective cross</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">sectional study conducted at Obstetrics and Gynecology University Hospital, Damascus, Syria, during the period </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">from</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> September 2019-September 2020. The study enrolled 395 women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies at 34 - 40 weeks of gestation. Fetal bi-parietal diameter, head c