Performance of late pregnancy biometry for gestational age dating in low-income and middle-income countries: a prospective, multicountry, population-based cohort study from the WHO Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) Study Group

• Main Authors: Saikat Deb (Author), Mohammad Said Mohammed (Author), Usha Dhingra (Author), Arup Dutta (Author), Syed Mohammed Ali (Author), Pratibha Dixit (Author), Mohammed Hamad Juma (Author), Massoud Juma Hassan (Author), Sunil Sazawal (Author), Imran Nisar (Author), Muhammad Ilyas (Author), Usma Mehmood (Author), Farzana Kausar (Author), Shamim Jaweed (Author), Muhammad Karim (Author), Atiya Hussain (Author), Naila Nadeem (Author), Fyezah Jehan (Author), Sayedur Rahman (Author), Nasreen Islam (Author), Ruksana Azad (Author), Syed Mamum Ibne Moin (Author), Mahmoodur Rahman (Author), Salahuddin Ahmed (Author), Abdul Quiayum (Author), Rasheda Khanam (Author), Abdullah H. Baqui (Author), Sachido Yoshida (Author), Alexander Manu (Author), Rajiv Bahl (Author), Anne CC Lee (Author), Mariam Naqvi (Author), Lauren E. Schaeffer (Author), Rachel Whelan (Author), Blair J. Wylie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: We aimed to evaluate and improve the accuracy of the ultrasound scan in estimating gestational age in late pregnancy (ie, after 24 weeks' gestation) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where access to ultrasound in the first half of pregnancy is rare and wher...