Rizwan Abdul Malik Jadoon, Javed Anwar, Abdul Latif Khattak, Bar Khan M Babar, Muhammad Khalid Azam, Farah Afzal.
Correlation of Placental Thickness Measured Sonographically with the Gestational age Estimated by Fetal Growth Parameters in Normal Singleton Pregnancy.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;72(2):341-44.

Objective: To correlate the mean placental thickness with the gestational age estimated by fetal growth parameters in normal singleton pregnancy. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Quetta Pakistan, from Feb to Aug 2020. Methodology: All patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria at the Department of Radiology, Combined Military Hospital Quetta were included. After taking informed written consent and history, transabdominal-ultrasonography using a low frequency 3-5 MHz curved array transducer was done to assess the outcome. Result: A total of 100 women with a singleton pregnancy were included. The mean age of women was 28.100 ± 3.349 years. The mean placental thickness (PT) was 29.785 ± 5.700 mm. A significant positive correlation of placental thickness was noted with gestational age with a Pearson Correlation of 0.985 and p-value of 0.001. Conclusion: Placental thickness has a linear relationship with gestational age. Placental thickness in millimeters can be an essential parameter for estimating gestational age.

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