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Does the Porter formula hold its promise? A weight estimation formula for macrosomic fetuses put to the test

PURPOSE: Estimating fetal weight using ultrasound measurements is an essential task in obstetrics departments. Most of the commonly used weight estimation formulas underestimate fetal weight when the actual birthweight exceeds 4000 g. Porter et al. published a specially designed formula in an attemp...

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Autores principales: Weiss, Christoph, Enengl, Sabine, Enzelsberger, Simon Hermann, Mayer, Richard Bernhard, Oppelt, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7028832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31883045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00404-019-05410-7