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Ultrasound Evaluation Of Umbilical Coiling Index In Second Trimester Of Gestation And Its Association With Small For Gestational Age Status At Birth, Josephine Mwikali Ndolo
Ultrasound Evaluation Of Umbilical Coiling Index In Second Trimester Of Gestation And Its Association With Small For Gestational Age Status At Birth, Josephine Mwikali Ndolo
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Introduction: The degree of coiling of the umbilical cord, referred to as umbilical coiling index, has been shown to have an effect on perinatal adverse outcomes such as small for gestational age neonates, interventional delivery, meconium staining, low fetal pH and low Apgar score. This study proposes that the antenatal umbilical coiling index performed in the second trimester of pregnancy has a correlation with the gestation-specific birth weight and can therefore be used as a marker to predict small for gestational age neonates.
Objective: To determine the association between antenatal umbilical coiling index (aUCI) in the second trimester and small …