scholarly journals VP40.21: Chinese fetal biometry: establishment of a formula for calculating gestational age based on Crown–rump length measurements

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (S1) ◽  
pp. 235-235
Author(s):  
Y. Zhang ◽  
H. Meng ◽  
Y. Jiang ◽  
Q. Wu ◽  
Y. Ouyang
Author(s):  
Monalisa Peter ◽  
Ajit Kumar Nayak ◽  
Prajna Paramita Giri ◽  
Manju Kumari Jain

Background: Accurate assessment of gestational age is pivotal to give quality maternity care. Ultrasonographic fetal biometry is the most widespread method used to establish GA. Sonographic biometric parameters commonly used are Crown rump Length (CRL), Biparietal diameter (BPD), Head circumference (HC), Abdominal circumference (AC) and Femur length (FL). Fetal Kidney Length (FKL) is one of nontraditional parameter and more accurate method of GA estimation than BPD, FL, HC and AC after 24th week of gestation. This study evaluates role of FKL in estimation of GA and compared its accuracy with other established biometric indices.  Methods: Present study is a cross sectional study and includes healthy women who were certain of their LMP with prior regular menstrual cycles with uncomplicated pregnancy between 20 weeks of gestation to term. Maximum length of anyone single fetal kidney is measured from upper pole to lower pole at least thrice and mean of the measurements was taken. The data has been analyzed in SPSS-21 version and Microsoft word, excel have been used to generate graphs, tables etc.Results: Linear regression equation showed kidney length could predict gestational age with an accuracy ±9.048 days and predictability when combined with other biometric indices was ±8.299 days.Conclusions: The study shows good correlation between gestational age derived from FKL and gestational age from established biometric indices like BPD, HC, AC, and FL.FKL can be combined with the other four biometric indices to give a fair estimation of gestational age.


2018 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mushap Kuru ◽  
Hasan Oral ◽  
Recai Kulaksiz

The aim of this study was to determine gestational age in Abaza and Gurcu goats by measuring certain embryonic and foetal indices with ultrasonography. A 5–7.5 MHz linear probe was used to obtain ultrasound measurements from 30 pregnant goats (10 Abaza and 20 Gurcu). Heart diameter (HD), biparietal diameter (BPD), crown-rump length (CRL), trunk diameter (TD) and placentome diameter (PD) were measured to determine gestational age. The mean of embryonic and foetal indices were calculated and linear regression was performed. Heart diameter measurements for Abaza and Gurcu goats were significantly different on days 45 (P= 0.048) and 60 (P= 0.019). Biparietal diameter values were significantly different on day 45 (P= 0.035). Crown-rump length measurements were significantly different at days 30 (P= 0.003) and 60 (P= 0.002). We determined that HD and TD were the best predictors of gestational age for Abaza goats (R2= 0.952, R2= 0.949, respectively), whereas HD and CRL were the best predictors of gestational age for Gurcu goats (R2= 0.933, R2= 0.942, respectively). Based upon our study results, these specific indices could be applied during ultrasonographic examinations of Abaza and Gurcu goats to confirm gestational age when the day of mating is unknown.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixiu Zhang ◽  
Hua Meng ◽  
Yuxin Jiang ◽  
Zhonghui Xu ◽  
Yunshu Ouyang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: To develop an ultrasonographic dating formula for predicting gestational age (GA) based on fetal crown–rump length (CRL) in a Chinese population, evaluate its systematic prediction error and compare it with existing formulae.Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional study of spontaneously conceived singleton pregnancies among women with a regular menstrual cycle in the preceding year. Ultrasound examinations were performed at 11–14 weeks according to the date of the last menstrual cycle. The CRL was measured three times for each fetus, and the mean was used to derive the best-fit fractional polynomial regression model for estimation of GA in relation to CRL. For each fetus, the GA was compared with the GA calculated using six established dating formulae based on CRL measurements. The means of the differences between estimated and menstrual age were calculated for each formula. All the women were followed up routinely until the birth of the fetus. Results: Of the 4710 subjects recruited, the mean and standard deviation values of CRL changed linearly with GA. The corresponding regression equation and its correlation coefficient (R2) was GA = 59.361513 + 0.461425 ´ CRL (R2 = 0.8028). The mean difference between estimated and menstrual age was 0.22 days (95% confidence interval 0.05–0.21), lower than that of the six existing CRL dating formulae.Conclusions: We have derived a CRL-based dating formula suitable for naturally conceived pregnancies for GA between 11+0 and 13+6 weeks. The formula has no systematic prediction error, comparing favorably with the existing published dating formulae.


2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 1070-1072
Author(s):  
Dan Navolan ◽  
Mirela Nicolov ◽  
Simona Vladareanu ◽  
Ioana Ciohat ◽  
Marius Craina ◽  
...  

Screening of fetal aneuploidies in early pregnancy is a well-established method in the materno-fetal medicine. The aim of our study was to analyze if the medians recommended by the manufacturers are adequate to perform an accurate screening or if there is a need for own laboratory medians calculation in second trimester biochemical marker screening.Sera were collected between 14 wp and 22 wp from 3374 singleton pregnancies. We analyzed three second trimester biochemical markers (AFP, hCG and free Estriol) concentration in all pregnant women and in a subgroup of pregnant women in which gestational age was determined based on crown-rump length. Our results showed that for all biochemical markers the difference between the manufacturer and the own calculated median was lower than 10% excepting the hCG value in the group of pregnant women in which the gestational age was determined on basis of crown-rump-length. Our results show it is recommended to replace the values of the median for hCG measurement with the own laboratory calculated medians. This does not seem to be necessary in the case of AFP and free Estriol measurement.


2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-11
Author(s):  
Joseph Pardo ◽  
Yoav Peled ◽  
Yariv Yogev ◽  
Nir Melamed ◽  
Avi Ben-Haroush

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitham A. Torky ◽  
Asem A. Moussa ◽  
Ali M. Ahmad ◽  
Osama Dief ◽  
Manar A. Eldesoouky ◽  
...  

AbstractAim of work:To determine whether fetal volume (FV) measured by three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound was able to detect fetuses at risk of low birth weight (primary outcome) and/or preterm labor (secondary outcome).Methods:One hundred pregnant women carrying a singleton living pregnancy who were sure of dates, and had a dating scan, with gestational age between 11 weeks and 13 weeks+6 days coming for routine first trimester nuchal translucency (NT) were examined by both two-dimensional (2D) and 3D ultrasound (Vocal System) for crown-rump length (CRL) and FV then followed up regularly every 4 weeks until 28 weeks then biweekly until 36 weeks then weekly until delivery both clinically and by ultrasound biometry.Findings:Eighty-seven cases had a normal outcome, while the remaining 13 cases had either preterm labor (four cases) or low-birth weight (nine cases). FV positively correlated with CRL (P=0.026), gestational age in weeks (P=0.002), neonatal body weight in grams (P=0.018) and neonatal body length at birth (P=0.04). A mean FV of 8.3 mmConclusion:3D assessment of FV in the first trimester provides an accurate method for predicting pregnancy outcome namely low birth weight and neonatal complications, however, it is a better positive predictor than a negative one.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Tang ◽  
Yan Zeng ◽  
Taizhu Yang ◽  
Pan Yang ◽  
Shan Bao ◽  
...  

Abstract ObjectivesTo investigate twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence for the prediction of TRAP-related adverse pregnancy outcomes at the gestational age of 11-14 weeks. MethodsPregnant women in the first trimester diagnosed with TRAP were recruited at West China Second University Hospital from January 2015 to June 2018. Systematic screening for the pump twin’s crown-rump length (CRL) and acardiac twin’s upper pole-rump length (URL) was conducted using ultrasonic detection. The (CRL-URL)/CRL and URL/CRL ratios were used to assess the pregnancy outcomes for the pump twin. ResultsTwenty-one pregnant women aged 21–39 years with a gestation of 11-14 weeks were recruited. TRAP was diagnosed on average (± standard deviation [SD]) at pregnancy week 13.1 ± 0.18. The pump twins’ mean (± SD) CRL was 6.65 ± 1.1 cm. The incidence of intrauterine death for the pump twins was 19.0% (n=4), the miscarriage rate was 14.3% (n=3), and the live birth rate was 66.7% (n=14). The (CRL-URL)/CRL ratios between the non-survival (intrauterine death and miscarriage) and survival groups significantly differed (0.33 ± 0.08 vs. 0.58 ± 0.08, p < 0.05). Similarly, the URL/CRL ratios between the non-survival and survival groups significantly differed (0.67 ± 0.08 vs. 0.42 ± 0.08, p < 0.05). ConclusionsThe (CRL-URL)/CRL and URL/CRL ratios were valuable indicators for determining pregnancy outcomes of pump twins with TRAP at an early gestational age.


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