Determination of fetal biparietal diameter without the use of ultrasound in squirrel monkeys

This study evaluated manual caliper measurement of fetal BPD in Saimiri through the abdomen of the dam (TBPD) for correlation with paired ultrasound measurements, prediction of delivery date, subspecies variation, prediction of pregnancy outcome, and correlation between postpartum BPD and TBPD. Regr...

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Published in:Journal of medical primatology 1998-10, Vol.27 (5), p.266-270, Article 266
Main Authors: Brady, Alan G., Williams, Lawrence E., Hoff, Charles J., Parks, Virginia L., Abee, Christian R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Anthropometry
development
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Female
fetus
Gestational Age
growth
Parietal Bone - growth & development
perinatology
Pregnancy
Regression Analysis
Saimiri - embryology
Saimiri sciureus
Saimiri sp
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Summary:This study evaluated manual caliper measurement of fetal BPD in Saimiri through the abdomen of the dam (TBPD) for correlation with paired ultrasound measurements, prediction of delivery date, subspecies variation, prediction of pregnancy outcome, and correlation between postpartum BPD and TBPD. Regression analysis revealed a close relationship between TBPD measurements and those obtained by ultrasound (P < 0.001). TBPD for Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis increased from a mean of 14.8 ± 0.3 mm for 11 weeks prepartum to a delivery week measurement of 33.2 ± 0.2mm. Delivery‐week TBPD of Saimiri boliviensis peruviensis were significantly smaller than Saimiri sciureus sciureus (P < .05). Delivery week TBPD had a correlation coefficient of 0.64 with paired post‐patrum measurements. No complications were associated with the technique. Delivery date could be predicted within two weeks. TBPD is an inexpensive, safe, rapid method of approximating fetal growth during the last half of pregnancy in Saimiri.
ISSN:0047-2565
1600-0684
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0684.1998.tb00247.x