Fetal Kidney in Estimation of GA in Pregnancy

Aljazeera Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Gestational Age and Maturity

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03456765

fetal kidney

Details and patient eligibility

About

A true estimation of gestational age (GA) plays animportant role in quality of maternity care such asassessment of fetal growth and to schedule the labordate. Any inaccurate estimation may lead to peri-natalmorbidity and mortality due to iatrogenic pre- or post-maturity .

Full description

Several longitudinal studies have been performed in the western countries concerning sonographic measurement of fetal kidney length. Initially these were done for diagnosis of renal malformation in utero & later on they were to find out the correlation between the fetal kidney length and the gestational age

Enrollment: 350 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 42 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Single fetus.
2. pregnant ladies. with no medical disorders
3. Fetal kidneys are normally seen

Exclusion criteria

• Medical disorders with pregnancy
• Renal anomalies
• Renal agesnesis