Document Type
Original Article
Abstract
Background; The placenta is around 3 cm thick at term when the cord is inserted in the third trimester. To measure placental thickness transabdominally, one must position an ultrasound transducer perpendicular to the placenta's plane. Aim and objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between placental thickness and foetal weight.
Patients and methods: 300 pregnant women participated in this cross-sectional prospective study, which was carried out at the Al-Hussein University Hospital's outpatient gynaecology clinic.
Results: The mean Placental thickness (mm) was 31.89 ± 7.50, and the mean fetal weight (gms) was 2272.91 ± 1379.07. The APGAR was divided into three groups, the first group from 3 to 7, (9.0%), the second group was less than 3 (2.0%), and the third group was More than Seven, (89.0%), and there were also 13 newborns who needed Neonatal ICU.
Conclusion: The study's findings reveal a strong positive relationship between placental thickness and foetal weight, making the measurement of placental thickness at the site of umbilical cord insertion a reliable sonographic indication of foetal weight. The relationship between a low Apgar score, low birth weight, and more nursery admissions was discovered to exist.
Keywords
correlation; placental thickness; fetal weight
Subject Area
Obstetrics and Gynecology
How to Cite This Article
Ali, Samir Abdallah; Mustafa, Abdel Monsef Abdel Ghaffar; and Ali, Ali Mohammed
(2023)
"Study the correlation between placental thickness and fetal weight,"
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal: Vol. 4:
Iss.
7, Article 19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58675/2682-339X.1909
