Sonographic Large Fetal Head Circumference and Risk of Cesarean Delivery

Persistently high rates of cesarean deliveries are cause for concern for physicians, patients, and health systems. Prelabor assessment might be refined by identifying factors that help predict an individual patient ’s risk of cesarean delivery. Such factors may contribute to patient safety and satisfaction as well as health system planning and resource allocation. In an earlier study, neonatal head circumference was shown to be more strongly associated with delivery mode and other outcome measures, than neon atal birth weight.

Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - January 2, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Michal Lipschuetz, Sarah M. Cohen, Ariel Israel, Joel Baron, Shay Porat, Dan V. Valsky, Oren Yagel, Doron Kabiri, Yinon Gilboa, Eyal Sivan, Ron Unger, Eyal Schiff, Reli Hershkovitz, Simcha Yagel Tags: Original Research: Obstetrics Source Type: research