3. Materials and Methods
This was a prospective observational study conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, from January 2012 to December 2012.
Institutional ethical committee approval was obtained prior to study. Inclusion criteria were low risk singleton pregnancy, starting gestational age of 34 weeks, reliable last menstrual period and dates correlated and confirmed by comparison with first trimester CRL (Crown Rump Length). Once initial criteria were met, those who were subsequently diagnosed to have abnormalities of liquor volume due to conditions such as hypertensive disorders, gestational diabetes, and placental insufficiency were excluded from the study, so as to obtain normative data. Only those patients who delivered at 40 weeks were included in the study as we wanted longitudinal data till term. The final study subjects were 50 low risk pregnant women who underwent serial scans at weekly interval starting from 34 weeks till term.
3. Materials and MethodsThis was a prospective observational study conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, from January 2012 to December 2012.Institutional ethical committee approval was obtained prior to study. Inclusion criteria were low risk singleton pregnancy, starting gestational age of 34 weeks, reliable last menstrual period and dates correlated and confirmed by comparison with first trimester CRL (Crown Rump Length). Once initial criteria were met, those who were subsequently diagnosed to have abnormalities of liquor volume due to conditions such as hypertensive disorders, gestational diabetes, and placental insufficiency were excluded from the study, so as to obtain normative data. Only those patients who delivered at 40 weeks were included in the study as we wanted longitudinal data till term. The final study subjects were 50 low risk pregnant women who underwent serial scans at weekly interval starting from 34 weeks till term.
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..
