TY - JOUR
T1 - Intrauterine growth retardation
T2 - Diagnosis based on multiple parameters - A prospective study
AU - Benson, Carol B.
AU - Belville, John S.
AU - Lentini, John F.
AU - Saltzman, Daniel H.
AU - Doubilet, Peter M.
PY - 1990/11
Y1 - 1990/11
N2 - A scoring system has previously been developed to diagnose intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) based on three parameters: estimated fetal weight, amniotic fluid volume, and maternal blood pressure status. To test the IUGR score prospectively, the authors computed the score in 356 third-trimester fetuses, 39 growth retarded and 317 normal, scanned within 2 weeks prior to delivery. The IUGR score identified three groups, each with a distinct probability of IUGR: A score below 50 virtually excludes IUGR (3% probability), a score above 60 allows confident diagnosis (74% probability), and a score of 50-60 is indeterminate (13% probability). The IUGR score performed best in patients with accurate dating by early ultrasound (US), but even among patients lacking accurate dating, the performance of the IUGR score was superior to that previously reported for any single sonographic parameter. The IUGR score can be used in any US facility to diagnose or exclude third-trimester IUGR.
AB - A scoring system has previously been developed to diagnose intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) based on three parameters: estimated fetal weight, amniotic fluid volume, and maternal blood pressure status. To test the IUGR score prospectively, the authors computed the score in 356 third-trimester fetuses, 39 growth retarded and 317 normal, scanned within 2 weeks prior to delivery. The IUGR score identified three groups, each with a distinct probability of IUGR: A score below 50 virtually excludes IUGR (3% probability), a score above 60 allows confident diagnosis (74% probability), and a score of 50-60 is indeterminate (13% probability). The IUGR score performed best in patients with accurate dating by early ultrasound (US), but even among patients lacking accurate dating, the performance of the IUGR score was superior to that previously reported for any single sonographic parameter. The IUGR score can be used in any US facility to diagnose or exclude third-trimester IUGR.
KW - Fetus growth and development, 856.871
KW - Fetus, US studies, 856.1298
KW - Pregnancy US studies, 856.1298
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0025144652&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 2217791
AN - SCOPUS:0025144652
SN - 0033-8419
VL - 177
SP - 499
EP - 502
JO - Radiology
JF - Radiology
IS - 2
ER -