Anna David: Can You Predict Pregnancy Outcome at Diagnosis of Early-Onset FGR?
Anna David, Director at the Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, shared a post on LinkedIn about a paper she co-authored with colleagues published in the European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology:
”Fetal growth restriction diagnosed before 32 weeks of gestation is called early-onset FGR. It is associated with stillbirth, preterm birth and managing these pregnancies is challenging.
Can you predict pregnancy outcome at diagnosis of early-onset FGR? Yes, you can – and parents want to know, so let’s counsel them using evidence:
Our new study shows that in early-onset FGR, maternal serum Placental Growth Factor (PlGF) <5th centile for gestational age is strongly associated with
- preterm birth <32 weeks of gestation.
- birthweight <3rd centile.
- perinatal death.
PlGF can be useful as a risk stratification tool in early-onset fetal growth restriction.”
Title: Maternal serum placental growth factor concentration in the prediction of growth outcomes and preterm birth in early-onset fetal growth restriction: a retrospective observational study
Authors: Laura Pentecost, Lyndsay Creswell, Diane Nzelu, Anna L. David
You can read the Full Article in the European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.
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