Online ISSN: 2515-8260

SONOGRAPHIC ASSESMENT OF GESTATIONAL AGE BY THE FETAL KIDNEY LENGTH AND VOLUME AFTER 18 WEEKS OF GESTATION IN LOCAL POPULATION

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DR. MADAN MOHAN BABU, DR. SURESH A AND DR. ABHISEK SAHA

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Obstetric care begins with determining gestational age, which has the least variability in early pregnancy. This current study was planned to provide an overview of fetal kidney length and volume as a useful adjunct parameter for better determination of gestational age. MATERIALS AND METHODS Normal singleton pregnancies from 18–40 weeks of gestational age, referred to the department of Radio-diagnosis and Imaging at VIMS & RC, Bangalore. Fill PC-PNDT [Prenatal Diagnostic Technique] form i.e Obstetric ultrasonography were performed using Affinity 50 G pro ultrasound scanner using a 3.5 MHz convex probe. Images were recorded in the system as DICOM.

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