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James S. Smeltzer, MD, FACOG, SMFM
Consultant, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Wellstar Physicians' Group
Northwest Women's Care
787 Campbell Hill St
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James.Smeltzer@wellstar.org
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>>> art fougner, md <evsono@pipeline.com> 7/12/2008 10:27 AM >>>
Birth weight projection based on ultrasound measurements earlier in
pregnancy may be better than standard prediction methods for obese
women, researchers said.
One such method using ultrasound measurement at 34 to 36 weeks predicted
birth weight within 20% accuracy in more than 90% of cases, reported
Loralei Thornburg, M.D., of the University of Rochester Strong Memorial
Hospital here, and colleagues in the July issue of Ultrasound in
Obstetrics and Gynecology.
In their retrospective study, this gestation-adjusted prediction (GAP)
method had lower sensitivity among morbidly obese women for the
clinically important prediction of macrosomia, but could exclude
macrosomia with more than 90% accuracy regardless of maternal body mass
index.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/Pregnancy/tb/10090
Terry - this looks like a good research project for one of your
students.
Art
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art fougner, md
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