Abstract
Umbilical artery Doppler waveforms acquired from 211 patients were used to investigate the power of different waveform indices in predicting antenatal fetal compromise. Waveform indices were calculated using a BBC microcomputer. The specificity at 100% sensitivity for detection of antenatal fetal compromise was not significantly different for resistance index, pulsatility index, normalised resistance index and normalised pulsatility index, and was approximately 80%. For the indices of resistance time and downslope the specificity was significantly lower. This similarity in the power of a number of indices in the detection of antenatal fetal compromise suggests that standardisation to one of the simpler indices such as resistance index or pulsatility index could be adopted.
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