Early Second-Trimester Fetal Growth Restriction and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes among women with isolated fetal growth restriction from 17 to 22 weeks of gestation.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of all singleton, nonanomalous pregnancies undergoing ultrasonography to assess fetal anatomy between 17 and 22 weeks of gestation at a single center from 2010 to 2014. After excluding patients with fetal structural malformations, chromosomal abnormalities, or identified infectious etiologies, we compared perinatal outcomes between pregnancies with and without fetal growth restriction, defined as estimated fetal weight less than the 10th percentile for gestational age. Our primary outcome was small for gestational age (SGA) at birth, defined as birth weight less than the 10th percentile

SUBMITTER: Temming LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5659275 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature