Estimating fetal weight in patients with preterm premature rupture of the membranes.
Fetal weight estimation was performed in 58 women with preterm premature rupture of the membranes within 4 days of delivery. Of twelve formulas evaluated, only two met the requirements for clinical use (i.e., they had a small mean percent error and a high correlation). However, both had high random error, which may be attributable to the very low birth weights studied.
Kho
M S
MS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112.
Miller
J M
JM
Brown
H L
HL
Gabert
H A
HA
D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods