title: Growth assessment in diagnosis of Fetal Growth Restriction. Review.
abstract: The assessment of fetal growth represents a fundamental step towards the identification of the true growth restricted fetus that is associated to important perinatal morbidity and mortality. The possible ways of detecting abnormal fetal growth are taken into consideration in this review and their strong and weak points are discussed. An important debate still remains about how to discriminate between the physiologically small fetus that does not require special surveillance and the truly growth restricted fetus who is predisposed to perinatal complications, even if its parameters are above the cut-off limits established. In this article, we present the clinical tools of fetal growth assessment: Symphyseal-Fundal Height (SFH) measurement, the fetal ultrasound parameters widely taken into consideration when discussing fetal growth: Abdominal Circumference (AC) and Estimated Fetal Weight (EFW); several types of growth charts and their characteristics: populational growth charts, standard growth charts, individualized growth charts, customized growth charts and growth trajectories.
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Bucharest University Emergency Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Albu
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Bucharest University Emergency Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Horhoianu
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Bucharest University Emergency Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dumitrascu
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Bucharest University Emergency Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Horhoianu
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D057238:Growth Charts; D006801:Humans; D009929:Organ Size; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014599:Uterus / Q000502:physiology
keywords: fetal growth restriction; growth charts; growth potential; percentiles; ultrasound