Abstract
Background: Determination of the weight of fetus by averages of Ultra-sound is an important predictor of the labour outcome and the perinatal morbidity, mortality and also the maternal morbidity. Ultra-sound determination of foetal weight at term gives an idea to the obstetrician to determine about the manner of delivery.
Objective: The principal objective of this research is to correlate the ultrasonographic estimated foetal weight at term with real birth weight in subjects attending the medical institute hospital.
Methods: This was a cross sectional research done in a medical institute hospital in North India. Retrospective research of 500 females with singleton term pregnancies attending obstetrics department Medical Institute and Hospitals was done. The connection between estimated foetal weight and real birth weight was assessed by Pearsons connection coefficient and the reliability of foetal weight was measured by average absolute difference, average standard error of averages , percentageage of error and proportion of estimates within 10% of real birth weight.
Results: There was positive connection between the Ultra-sound estimated foetal weight and the real birth weight. About 87.6% of estimated weights fell within the interval of (Average ± 10%) of real birth weight.
Conclusion: The Ultra-sound foetal weight correlated well with the real birth weight. This is an extremely important tool to make decisions in the labour room.
Keywords: Real birth weight, estimated foetal weight by Ultra-sound, Central India