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Quality of ultrasound biometry obtained by local health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border
OBJECTIVE: In a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border, accurate dating of pregnancy relies on ultrasound measurements obtained by locally trained health workers. The aim of this study was to substantiate the accuracy of fetal biometry measurements performed by locally trained health workers by com...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22262286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.11091 |
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author | Rijken, M J Mulder, E J H Papageorghiou, A T Thiptharakun, S Wah, N Paw, T K Dwell, S L M Visser, G H A Nosten, F H McGready, R |
author_facet | Rijken, M J Mulder, E J H Papageorghiou, A T Thiptharakun, S Wah, N Paw, T K Dwell, S L M Visser, G H A Nosten, F H McGready, R |
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description | OBJECTIVE: In a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border, accurate dating of pregnancy relies on ultrasound measurements obtained by locally trained health workers. The aim of this study was to substantiate the accuracy of fetal biometry measurements performed by locally trained health workers by comparing derived reference equations with those published for Asian and European hospitals. METHODS: This prospective observational study included 1090 women who had a dating crown–rump length (CRL) scan and one study-appointed ultrasound biometry scan between 16 and 40 weeks of gestation. The average of two measurements of each of biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference and femur length was used in a polynomial regression model for the mean and SD against gestational age (GA). The biometry equations obtained were compared with published equations of professional sonographers from Asian and European hospitals by evaluation of the SD and Z-scores of differences between models. RESULTS: Reference equations of biometric parameters were found to fit cubic polynomial models. The observed SD values, for any given GA, of fetal biometric measurements obtained by locally trained health workers were lower than those previously reported by centers with professional sonographers. For nearly the entire GA range considered, the mean values of the Asian and European equations for all four biometric measurements were within the 90% expected range (mean ± 1.645 SD) of our equations. CONCLUSION: Locally trained health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border can obtain measurements that are associated with low SD values and within the normal limits of published Asian and European equations. The fact that the SD values were lower than in other studies may be explained by the use of the average of two measurements, CRL dating or motivation of the locally trained sonographers. Copyright © 2012 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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spelling | pubmed-34433712012-09-17 Quality of ultrasound biometry obtained by local health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border Rijken, M J Mulder, E J H Papageorghiou, A T Thiptharakun, S Wah, N Paw, T K Dwell, S L M Visser, G H A Nosten, F H McGready, R Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol Original Papers OBJECTIVE: In a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border, accurate dating of pregnancy relies on ultrasound measurements obtained by locally trained health workers. The aim of this study was to substantiate the accuracy of fetal biometry measurements performed by locally trained health workers by comparing derived reference equations with those published for Asian and European hospitals. METHODS: This prospective observational study included 1090 women who had a dating crown–rump length (CRL) scan and one study-appointed ultrasound biometry scan between 16 and 40 weeks of gestation. The average of two measurements of each of biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference and femur length was used in a polynomial regression model for the mean and SD against gestational age (GA). The biometry equations obtained were compared with published equations of professional sonographers from Asian and European hospitals by evaluation of the SD and Z-scores of differences between models. RESULTS: Reference equations of biometric parameters were found to fit cubic polynomial models. The observed SD values, for any given GA, of fetal biometric measurements obtained by locally trained health workers were lower than those previously reported by centers with professional sonographers. For nearly the entire GA range considered, the mean values of the Asian and European equations for all four biometric measurements were within the 90% expected range (mean ± 1.645 SD) of our equations. CONCLUSION: Locally trained health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border can obtain measurements that are associated with low SD values and within the normal limits of published Asian and European equations. The fact that the SD values were lower than in other studies may be explained by the use of the average of two measurements, CRL dating or motivation of the locally trained sonographers. Copyright © 2012 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2012-08 2012-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3443371/ /pubmed/22262286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.11091 Text en Copyright © 2012 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation. |
spellingShingle | Original Papers Rijken, M J Mulder, E J H Papageorghiou, A T Thiptharakun, S Wah, N Paw, T K Dwell, S L M Visser, G H A Nosten, F H McGready, R Quality of ultrasound biometry obtained by local health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border |
title | Quality of ultrasound biometry obtained by local health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border |
title_full | Quality of ultrasound biometry obtained by local health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border |
title_fullStr | Quality of ultrasound biometry obtained by local health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border |
title_full_unstemmed | Quality of ultrasound biometry obtained by local health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border |
title_short | Quality of ultrasound biometry obtained by local health workers in a refugee camp on the Thai–Burmese border |
title_sort | quality of ultrasound biometry obtained by local health workers in a refugee camp on the thai–burmese border |
topic | Original Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22262286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.11091 |
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