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Erb's Palsy (Fetal Weight Prediction)
Erb's Palsy (Fetal Weight Prediction)
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Biometry: How to Get it Right
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weight prediction
- The most important measurement is abdominal circumference for weight prediction
- This is because the AC is the most heavily weighted in the formula for fetal weight (You can see in the below Hadlock formula, it shows up 3 times), so any error is quickly compounded
- Log10 (weight) =1.3596 -0.00386* AC * FL+0.0064*HC+0.00061*BPD*AC+ 0.0424*AC+0.174*FL
How significant can errors in measurement be?