TY - JOUR ID - 33819 TI - Ultrasonographic fetal scapular length measurement for assessment of gestational age JO - Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences JA - JKMU LA - en SN - 1023-9510 AU - Fahimi, F AU - Ramezani, M.A AD - Assistant professor AD - Y1 - 2002 PY - 2002 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 209 EP - 214 KW - Scapula KW - Ultrasonography KW - gestational age KW - Fetus DO - N2 - one of the major goals of antenatal care is estimation of gestational age.the most widely used parameters for evaluation of fetal growth are biparietal diameter (BPD),femoral length (FL) and adbominal circumference (AC).to determine the value of prenatal ultrasonographic scapula measurements for fetal growth and gesattional age a prospective ultrasonographic cross-sectional study was conducted in 220 singlton pregnant women with gestational age from 16-40 weeks and several biometric measurements were  obtained.Acorrelation was found between the scapular length and gestational age (GA)(r=0.974,p<0.00001) and also between GA and BPD(r=0.974,p<0.00001),AC (r=0.967,p<0.00001),FL(r=0.966,p<0.00001).linear regression model was detected the following equation for prediction of GA from SL:"GA(week)=0.998 SL(mm)+0.985".these results suggest that scapula length measurement is a valuable parameter for the assessement of fetal growth. UR - https://jkmu.kmu.ac.ir/article_33819.html L1 - https://jkmu.kmu.ac.ir/article_33819_ad6aa3fda4d7f25fd4df8c766a3e70f5.pdf ER -