Usefulness of transverse cerebellar measurements by ultrasonography as against conventional parameters in normal pregnant mother between 15 to 40 weeks of gestation
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Radiology - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
One of the commonest problems that an obstetrician frequently faces is the estimation of fetal maturity, either for the purpose of prolonging pregnancy or for the termination of pregnancy in the presence of complications like severe pregnancy induced hypertension, diabetes mellitus and Rh incompatibility. The means that are widely used for assessing fetal maturity include estimation of gestational age and fetal weight. Fetal maturity is a pre-requisite for inducing labour, especially in high risk pregnancies. This study of ultrasonographic estimation of gestational age by transcerebellar diameter was conducted on 100 normal pregnant women, who did not know their Last Menstrual Period. These 100 women were recruited into the study from routine antenatal clinic in outpatient department and in-patients which were referred from obstetric department admitted to Medical College. It was found that calculation of the gestational age using transverse cerebellar diameter is as useful as other fetal growth parameters in normal pregnancies, especially in women who don’t know their last menstrual period. A linear relationship was found during the second trimester between the growth of the cerebellum measured in millimeters and the gestational age in weeks.
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Arjun Bahaddur, Chandan Giriyappa
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