ArticleUltrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology2025
Risk factors for mortality and severe morbidity in fetuses with normal late third-trimester scan: population-based cohort study.
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- Fetal Growth Restriction at a Universal Late Third-Trimester Scan and Relationship With Adverse Outcome: Retrospective Cohort Study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
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objectiveTo identify antepartum risk factors for fetal or neonatal mortality and severe morbidity in pregnancies undergoing a universal late third-trimester ultrasound scan in which there was no ultrasound evidence of small-for-gestational age (SGA) or fetal growth restriction (FGR).
methodsThis was a retrospective population-based cohort study of singleton, non-anomalous term pregnancies undergoing a universal ultrasound scan at 35 + 1 to 36 + 6 weeks' gestation at a major UK maternity unit, over a period of 7 years. Pregnancies complicated by SGA or FGR were excluded. The outcomes were: stillbirth; severe composite adverse outcome, including extended perinatal mortality and severe morbidity; and severe SGA, defined as birth weight < 3
resultsThe study population of 40 169 pregnancies comprised 88.9% of all eligible term pregnancies. There were 48 (0.1%) stillbirths, 221 (0.6%) cases of severe composite adverse outcome and 295 (0.7%) cases of severe SGA. Five (10.4%) stillborn infants weighed < 10
conclusionsThe potential to predict mortality and severe morbidity in fetuses without ultrasound evidence of SGA and FGR is poor. In these fetuses, the role of ultrasound in further reducing adverse outcomes at term is limited. © 2025 The Author(s). Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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