Customized growth charts for twin vs singleton pregnancies and their ability to identify small-for-gestational age associated risk of adverse perinatal outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2025.07.044
Induction of labour versus standard care to prevent shoulder dystocia in fetuses suspected to be large for gestational age in the UK (the Big Baby trial): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00162-X
Small-for-gestational age according to INTERGROWTH-21st fetal weight standard misses most pregnancies at risk of stillbirth identified by GROW. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2025 https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.29214
Accuracy of antenatal ultrasound in predicting large-for-gestational-age babies: population-based cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024;S0002-9378(24):00578–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2024.04.052
Fetal size vs growth: comparative analysis of 3 models of growth velocity based on third trimester estimated fetal weights for identifying stillbirth risk. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023;S0002-9378(23):02188–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2023.12.029
Stillbirth risk and SGA according to Hadlock, Intergrowth-21st, WHO and GROW fetal weight standards: analysis by maternal ethnicity and BMI. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023;229(5): 547.e1-547.e13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2023.05.026
Outcome-based comparative analysis of five fetal growth velocity models to define slow growth Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2023;62(6):805-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.26248
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Research
The Perinatal Institute conducts retrospective cohort studies relating to fetal growth, based on fully anonymised data derived from routine recording of the standard GROW maternity dataset. Research using this database (IRAS Project ID 365709) has been approved by Research Ethics Committee (REC reference 25/EM/0271).