[Ultrasound foetal biometry in the town of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Report of a cohort of 126 pregnant women].
OBJECTIVE
This inquiry on the ultrasound fetal biometry in the town of Ouagadougou aimed to study the fetal growth through the ultrasound biometry in order to compare it with other authors's works and to lay down a local chart.


METHODS
This prospective study led from March 1997 to April 1998 The follow-up of 126 pregnant women allowed to lay down the graphs of following elements: biparietal diameter, cephalic circumference, transverse abdominal diameter, abdominal circumference and femur.


RESULTS
The average age of the subjects was 26 years old+/-0.8 and 52.4% of them belonged to an average socio-economic level. All the studied parameters were closely connected with the age of pregnancy. The DAT and the abdominal circumference presented the greatest correlation (0.998). The comparison of our growth graphs with those of others authors led to notice significant differences as well as with African, European and American graphs.


CONCLUSIONS
There is a need to lay down local charts in order to have a best estimation of the pregnancy age and the fetal growth.
Cissé
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Service de radiologie et d'imagerie médicale, Hospitalier National Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso. rabiou.cisse@bf.refer.org
Ouédraogo
A
A
Tapsoba
T
T
Lougué
C
C
Ouédraogo
C M
CM
Ouattara
T
T
Lankoandé
J
J
Koné
B
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001699:Biometry; D002050:Burkina Faso; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal