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First-trimester screening for early and late small-for-gestational-age neonates using maternal serum biochemistry, blood pressure and uterine artery Doppler

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ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 34-40

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12537

Keywords

first trimester; pre-eclampsia; screening; small-for-gestational age; uterine artery Doppler

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  1. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY, USA

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Objective To assess the effectiveness of first-trimester screening for early and late small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates using maternal serum biochemistry, blood pressure and uterine artery Doppler. Methods This was a prospective study of 4970 women with a singleton pregnancy who underwent routine first-trimester screening between 2009 and 2011. A logistic regression-based predictive model for SGA, defined as birth weight<10th percentile, divided into early-or late-onset based on gestational age at delivery before or after 34 weeks' gestation, was constructed. The model included maternal baseline characteristics: serum levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and free beta-human chorionic gonadotropin at 8-12 weeks and blood pressure and uterine artery Doppler at 11+0 to 13+6 weeks. Results The prevalence of early and late SGA was 0.6% and 7.9%, respectively. Association with pre-eclampsia was 67% and 8%, respectively. At a false-positive rate of 15%, the detection rate for early SGA was 73%; however it differed substantially for cases with and without pre-eclampsia (90% vs 40%). For late SGA, at false-positive rates of 15 and 50%, detection rates were 32% and 70%, respectively, and did not substantially differ between cases with and without pre-eclampsia. Conclusions First-trimester screening predicts early SGA mainly because of its strong association with pre-eclampsia. Although prediction of late SGA was poorer, at a high false-positive rate it might be considered as part of a first-trimester strategy to select women requiring ultrasound assessment in the third trimester. Copyright (C) 2013 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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