Aim: To evaluate an innovative sonopelvimetry method for early prediction of obstructed labour. Methods: A prospective study was conducted in two centers. GPS-based sonopelvimetry, laborProTM (Trig Medical Inc., Yoqneam Ilit, Israel) devise, was used prior to labour in nulliparous women at 39 42 weeks gestation remote from labor. Maternal pelvic parameters, including inter-iliac transverse diam...

Background: Gestational age estimation in third trimester is very crucial to impart holistic antenatal care and a pre-requisite plan various interventions. Transcerebellar diameter can predict gestational reliably as it grows progressively with gestation not affected by fetal lie, skull shape growth disorders. This study was performed compare TCD conventional parameters like BPD, HC, FL AC accu...

OBJECTIVES To determine the range of positions of the fetal head in which a three-dimensional (3D) volume is acquired for subsequent successful imaging of the corpus callosum. METHODS We used 3D volumes of the fetal head obtained from singleton pregnancies at 20 to 23 + 6 weeks' gestation. The volumes, which had been acquired with the head in different positions, were then reconstructed with ...

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to establish reference intervals for sonographic measurements of foetal parameters in women with normal singleton pregnancies in a cohort of population of Karachi, Pakistan. It was conducted at the Ultrasound Clinic, and Ziauddin Memorial Hospital, Nazimabad, Karachi, from January 2003 to July 2004. The measurements of foetal biparietal diameter (BP...

BACKGROUND Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT), the main strategy to prevent malaria and reduce anaemia and low birthweight, focuses on the second half of pregnancy. However, intrauterine growth restriction may occur earlier in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to measure the effects of malaria in the first half of pregnancy by comparing the fetal biparietal diameter (BPD) of infected an...

PURPOSE This study was to evaluate the accuracy and clinical application of a new technique in the fetal weight estimation by ultrasound. METHODS The fetal biparietal diameter (BPD), head circumference (HC) and femur length (FL) were measured by ultrasound examination within one week before delivery. Two different fetal abdominal sectors were measured for the assessment of abdominal circumfer...

Comment. Possessing an APOE ε4 allele is the most important genetic risk factor yet identified for sporadic AD and also significantly lowers onset age. It is therefore striking that despite their young age at onset, only 2 of our 10 biparietal patients were ε4-positive. While we believe that a lack of association between biparietal AD (or posterior cortical atrophy AD) and APOE ε4 genotype has ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to establish the normal ranges for foetal nasal bone length (NBL), prenasal skin thickness (PNT), interocular distance (IOD), and ratio of prenasal thickness to- nasal bone length (PNT/ NBL) at 18-24 weeks using two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound. METHODS This study was a retrospective study of prenatal ultrasonographic records from 407 foetuses betwee...