Growth adjusted sonographic age. A simplified method.
It recently has been shown that the sonar predictive accuracy of gestational age can be markedly enhanced by separating fetuses into one of three cephalic growth patterns, namely, large, average, and small. In this way it becomes possible to adjust fetal age in relation to biparietal diameter (BPD) growth. In this report we are defining the application of a growth adjusted sonographic age (GASA). Additionally, we are introducing a table which simplifies the assignment of GASA on a routine basis.
D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006257:Head / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000379:methods