The biophysical profile. A literature review and reassessments of its usefulness in the evaluation of fetal well-being.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-1990
Abstract
Antenatal monitoring studies to assess fetal well-being and to identify the compromised fetus are in widespread use. This literature review analyzes the theoretical basis for fetal monitoring and the clinical research that has defined its utility, and it discusses the variations in protocols and scoring systems for the biophysical profile. While recognizing that there, is as yet, no consensus on the optimal monitoring protocol, the authors espouse one approach in which the cardiac nonstress test and the amniotic fluid volume are the initial tests, with full biophysical profile reserved for abnormal test outcomes. This approach to monitoring should be expeditious without diminishing its predictive value.
Volume
9
Issue
10
First Page
583
Last Page
591
ISSN
0278-4297
Published In/Presented At
Finberg, H. J., Kurtz, A. B., Johnson, R. L., & Wapner, R. J. (1990). The biophysical profile. A literature review and reassessments of its usefulness in the evaluation of fetal well-being. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 9(10), 583–591. https://doi.org/10.7863/jum.1990.9.10.583
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
2231857
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article