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  • Title: Fetal lung maturity: the adjunctive use of ultrasound.
    Author: Golde SH, Petrucha R, Meade KW, Platt LD.
    Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol; 1982 Feb 15; 142(4):445-7. PubMed ID: 7058847.
    Abstract:
    Ultrasonic cephalometry (BPD) was retrospectively studied in 268 patients at risk for the development of hyaline membrane disease (HMD). Thirty-seven patients were diagnosed as having diabetes and were excluded. Of the remaining 231 patients, 123 (53%) were found to have a biparietal diameter of (BPD) greater than or equal to 9.2 cm. There were 92 patients delivered within 5 days of scanning and none developed HMD. A BPD of 9.2 cm corresponded to an L/S ratio of 2.8 (r = 0.45, p less than 0.05). The above results indicate that it is safe to deliver a nondiabetic patient in whom a fetal BPD of 9.2 cm has been obtained.
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