title: Is that femur really short? A survey of current and best practice in fetal biometry.
abstract: A web-based survey of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists fellows and trainees enquired about fetal femur length reporting and found: 1 Heterogeneous (including unpublished) chart choices. 2 Popular charts are not always of highest quality. 3 z-score rarely used despite World Health Authority endorsement. Potential clinical risks include false-positive and false-negative diagnosis and confusion for both patient and staff. We recommend developing high-quality charts, publishing unpublished charts and describe methods to support best practice.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Perinatal Centre, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. eamcca@unimelb.edu.au
authors: Elizabeth A
authors: EA
authors: McCarthy
authors: Alexis
authors: A
authors: Shub
authors: Susan P
authors: SP
authors: Walker
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003625:Data Collection; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology*; D057238:Growth Charts; D006176:Gynecology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009929:Organ Size; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D014463:Ultrasonography