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BIOMETRIE FOETALE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Ultrasonography
  • Pregnancy
DEF

The measurements taken at various [gestation stages] to assess fetal growth and the estimated date of delivery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ultrasonographie
  • Grossesse
DEF

Mesure des dimensions du fœtus par échographie.

OBS

Les mesures biométriques varient suivant le moment de la grossesse : pendant le 1er trimestre, c'est la distance craniocaudale (du sommet du crâne à l'extrémité de la colonne vertébrale); au cours des 2e et 3e trimestres, les mesures portent essentiellement sur le diamètre bipariétal (de la tête), le diamètre thoracique et la longueur du fémur.

OBS

[La biométrie fœtale permet] de préciser la date de conception et le terme, d'évaluer le développement fœtal [et] de dépister certaines anomalies (hydramnios, spina-bifida, anomalies crâniennes, etc.).

Spanish

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