Key result
Sonographic biometric measurements of the fetus are not clinically useful for identifying women who will experience shoulder dystocia and should not be used to alter clinical management.
Why the study?
Does sonographic examination of the fetus predict shoulder dystocia in pregnant women?
Population
Pregnant women at risk of shoulder dystocia
Design
Review
Authors
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Does not support using fetal sonography to predict shoulder dystocia; confirms prior evidence and leaves open better risk-stratification tools.
Does sonographic examination of the fetus predict shoulder dystocia in pregnant women?
Sonographic biometric measurements of the fetus should not be used to alter clinical management for averting shoulder dystocia.
Doty et al. (2016) conducted a review in Shoulder dystocia. Sonographic biometric measurements of the fetus was evaluated on Prediction of shoulder dystocia. Sonographic biometric measurements of the fetus are not clinically useful for identifying women who will experience shoulder dystocia and should not be used to alter clinical management.
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