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Re: short femursFrom: Efrain Ramirez MD (eramirez@icepr.com)Sat May 29 06:49:19 1999
Good point... Fetal Anthropometric Measures of Our Population de la Vega A, Vega R, Arabia C, Rodriguez W Dept. of ObGyn and Radiology, University of P.R. School of Medicine
Although sonographic evaluation of the fetus is a widespread practice in
Puerto Rico, we lack information of
anthropometric values from our normal population as a basis of
comparison. In the absence of normative data from
our demographic area, a more accurate diagnosis is hindered by the use
of reference data from populations of
different ethnic backgrounds. Although puertorricans can in no way be
considered a distinctive ethnic group, we have
different average height and other anthropometric measures as compared
to other groups. We report preliminary
results from an ongoing study of fetal anthropometric values between 13
and 42 weeks of gestational age collected at
our institution. A total of 325 patients have being included in the
study up to this date. Exclusion criteria include
multiple pregnancy, any maternal chronic illness, gestational diabetes,
pregnancy induced hypertension, fetal
anomalies detected on ultrasound, any history of smoking or drug use
during the pregnancy and non puertorrican
birth. We present tables and charts on fetal biparietal parameters
(BPD), head circumference (HC), abdominal
circumference (AC) and femur length (FL), Subtle but significant
differences are present in the BPD and FL for our
population as compared to reports from populations in the U.S. but not
for the AC and HC. These differences are
important when problems such as fetal growth impairment or uncertain
gestational age are encountered.
At Thu, 27 May 1999, Braun, R. Daniel wrote:
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-- Efrain Ramirez MD FACOG "The things you learn after you know everything are the important ones"
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