title: Estimation of fetal or neonatal weight from the biperietal diameter.
abstract: This paper contains a table of predicted fetal or neonatal weight on the basis of the biparietal diameter. The tabulated values are derived under the assumption that the relationship between biparietal diameter and weight is nonlinear and that weight is best predicted by means of a third degree least square polynominal spline. We believe that our study overcomes the shortcomings inherent in a linear prediction formula, commonly employed in the literature.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012886:Skull / Q000196:embryology; D013223:Statistics as Topic