The authors are from the University Hospital in Bonn.
Patient selection: fetus <= 1600 grams, within 7 days of delivery (with a weight of 1600 grams being seen in pregnancies from 29 to 34 weeks of gestation)
Parameters:
(1) head circumference in cm (HC)
(2) femur length in cm (FL)
(3) abdominal circumference in cm (AC)
Parameter
Points
head circumference
(150.324 * (HC)) - (6235.478 * LOG10(HC))
femur length
2.069 * ((FL)^3)
abdominal circumference
0.0232 * ((AC)^3)
estimated fetal weigh in grams
= SUM(points for the 3 parameters) + 5381.193
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