Routine 3rd Trimester Colour Doppler Ultrasound in Fetuses with Estimated Fetal Weight 10-50th centiles in India- Preliminary Results from the Samrakshan Program
The routine use of 3rd trimester Doppler Ultrasound studies resulted in the identification of an additional 30.28% fetuses in the EFW 10-50th centile or 11.26% of overall screened population (n=76 of 675 fetuses) to be at risk for adverse perinatal outcomes. Considering that these fetuses had EFW in the AGA range and were in a predominantly low risk population, they would not have been picked up for closer surveillance in the absence of Doppler studies.
