A unified protocol is essential to ensure that fetal ultrasound measurements taken in multicentre research studies are accurate and reproducible. This paper describes the methodology used to take two-dimensional, ultrasound measurements in the longitudinal, fetal growth component of the INTERGROWTH-21(st) Project. These standardised methods should minimise the systematic errors associated with pooling data from different study sites. They represent a model for carrying out similar research studies in the future.
AT Papageorghiou, I Sarris, C Ioannou, T Todros, M Carvalho, G Pilu, et al. (2013). Ultrasound methodology used to construct the fetal growth standards in the INTERGROWTH-21stProject. BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, 120(suppl 2), 27-32 [10.1111/1471-0528.12313].
Ultrasound methodology used to construct the fetal growth standards in the INTERGROWTH-21stProject
PILU, GIANLUIGI;
2013
Abstract
A unified protocol is essential to ensure that fetal ultrasound measurements taken in multicentre research studies are accurate and reproducible. This paper describes the methodology used to take two-dimensional, ultrasound measurements in the longitudinal, fetal growth component of the INTERGROWTH-21(st) Project. These standardised methods should minimise the systematic errors associated with pooling data from different study sites. They represent a model for carrying out similar research studies in the future.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.