title: The realities of screening for the small for dates fetus using ultrasound measurement.
abstract: Screening for the small for dates fetus using ultrasound measurement of the fetal abdominal circumference resulted in a significantly increased rate of diagnosis compared with clinical examination. However, when the perinatal mortality and morbidity amongst infants with a birthweight less than the 10th percentile for gestation in the screened group was compared with that of similar infants in a nonscreened groups who attended the same antenatal clinic but who either booked or were referred late, there was no significant difference.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography