title: Umbilical venous blood flow and its measurement in the human fetus.
abstract: In this review, we evaluate the published methodologies to describe a noninvasive technique for the quantitative assessment of umbilical venous blood flow in the human fetus. We identify a number of variations in the reported methodologies and address some of the common errors associated with Doppler assessment of umbilical venous flow volume. The potential role of umbilical venous flow volumetry in the management of intrauterine growth restriction is briefly evaluated including its utility and reliability in everyday clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Women's and Infants' Health, The University of Western Australia, King Edward Memorial Hospital, 374 Bagot Road, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008, Australia.
authors.forename: Afrooz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Najafzadeh
authors.forename: Jan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dickinson
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005333:Fetus / Q000098:blood supply; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology