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INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION |
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1996 Aug;67(2):121-6.
When do obstetricians recommend delivery for a high-risk preterm
growth-retarded fetus? The GRIT Study Group. Growth Restriction Intervention
Trial.
[No authors listed]
Forty-nine obstetricians from three European countries were asked when they
would advise delivery for a preterm fetus failing to thrive in utero, given
various gestational ages, and a range of either umbilical artery Doppler
flow velocity waveforms or CTG variability measures. Their responses
indicated a wide area of disagreement about the correct timing of delivery,
and a willingness to randomize patients to clinical trials of management.
The area of uncertainty corresponded to the gestational age and Doppler
bands at which participants have been entered to the pilot phase of a
randomised trial of timed delivery, the Growth Restriction Intervention
Trial (GRIT).
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