Tanzila Parveen, Er Aamir M Omer, Palwasha Gul.
Correlation of placental thickness with gestational age in normal pregnant women with singleton pregnancy visiting to a tertiary care hospital.
Pak J Radiol Jan ;28(3):188-92.

Background: Ultrasonography is a safe, rapid, cost effective and readily available imaging tool in obstetric clinics. Our present study is conducted to correlate placental thickness with gestational age in normal pregnant women with singleton pregnancy. Material and Methods: This Cross sectional study was conducted from 01 st August 2014 to 30 th January 2015. Patients referred from 0bstetric inpatient and outpatient department to Radiology department of Combined Military Hospital, Quetta for antenatal scans meeting the inclusion criteria were enrolled in the study. Results: The data were analyzed and quantitative metric like mean gestational age (26.98 + 6.34 weeks) & mean placental thickness (28.19 + 6.50mm) were calculated. Correlation of placental thickness with gestational age in normal pregnant women with singleton pregnancy was calculated by measuring 26.99 + 6.34 weeks for gestational age and 28.88 + 6.51mm for placental thickness, r value was calculated as 0.9482, showing a strong positive correlation. Conclusions : correlation of placental thickness with gestational age in normal pregnant women with singleton pregnancy is strongly positive and helpful for detection of any abnormality in placental thickness with its corresponding fetal gestational age.

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