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Estimated Placental Volume and Gestational Age.

OBJECTIVE:  The objective of this study was to validate estimated placental volume (EPV) across a range of gestational ages (GAs).

STUDY DESIGN:  Three hundred sixty-six patients from 2009 to 2011 received ultrasound scans between 11 + 0 and 38 + 6 weeks GA to assess EPV. An EPV versus GA best fit curve was generated and compared with published normative curves of EPV versus GA in a different population. A subanalysis was performed to explore the relationship between EPV and birth weight (BW).

RESULTS:  Analysis of EPV versus GA revealed a parabolic curve with the following best fit equation: EPV = (0.372 GA - 0.00364 GA2 )3 . EPV was weakly correlated with BW, and patients with an EPV in the bottom 50th percentile had 2.42 times the odds of having a newborn with a BW in the bottom 50th percentile (95% confidence interval: 1.27-4.68). Microscopic evaluation of two placentas corresponding to the smallest EPV outliers revealed significant placental pathology.

CONCLUSION:  Placental volume increases throughout gestation and follows a predictable parabolic curve, in agreement with the existing literature. Further validation is required, but EPV may have the potential for clinical utility as a screening tool in a variety of settings.

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