[Possibility of predicting intrauterine fetal growth retardation by a single ultrasonic examination (using varying...

The paper deals with early prediction of fetal growth retardation and its severity in a newborn from single ultrasound fetal biometric findings (biparietal head size, chest and belly diameters) at week 20 of pregnancy. The prediction was made by employing the developed varying standards for these parameters as percentile curves and tables. A stepwise prediction of fetal growth retardation was proposed for obstetric in- and outpatient settings, which was presented as an IBM personal computer dialogue program. The positive diagnostic value of fetal growth retardation prediction was found to be 69.7%, its negative value was 86.9%. The paper discusses whether therapeutic measures and pregnancy length affect the efficiency of its prediction and stresses that the prediction is valuable for individual well-grounded tactics for pregnancy management.