Fetal Growth Velocity: the NICHD Fetal Growth Studies

Accurately identifying pregnancies with accelerated or diminished fetal growth is challenging and generally based on cross-sectional percentile estimates of fetal weight. Longitudinal growth velocity might improve identification of abnormally grown fetuses.

Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - May 24, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Katherine L. Grantz, Sungduk Kim, William A. Grobman, Roger Newman, John Owen, Daniel Skupski, Jagteshwar Grewal, Edward K. Chien, Deborah A. Wing, Ronald J. Wapner, Angela C. Ranzini, Michael P. Nageotte, Stefanie N. Hinkle, Sarah Pugh, Hanyun Li, Karin Tags: Original Research: Obstetrics Source Type: research