Gökçenur GÖNENÇ, Herman İŞÇİ, Nilgün GÜDÜCÜ

First and second trimester hCG levels have no value in predicting small for gestational age infants

Amaç. Bu çalışmada amaç birinci ve ikinci trimester human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)değerlerinin gebelik yaşına göre küçük bebekleri tahmin etmede faydalı olup olmadığınıaraştırmaktı. Yöntem. Hem birinci, hem de ikinci trimester Down sendromu tarama testi yaptırmışolan hastaların sonuçları retrospektif olarak tarandı ve hCG MoM değerleri tespit edildi. Hastalargebelik yaşına göre küçük ve gebelik yaşına göre küçük (GYK) olan ve olmayan bebek doğuranlarolarak iki gruba ayrıldı. Yüksek hCG değerleri (≥2MoM) ile düşük hCG değerleri (

Birinci ve ikinci trimester hCG değerleri gebelik yaşına göre küçük bebekleri tahmin etmede kullanmaya uygun değildir

Aim. The aim of this study was to compare high hCG levels in the first and second trimester inpredicting small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants. This is the first study that compares hCG levelsof first and second trimesters. Methods. Patients with both first and second trimester Downsyndrome screening tests were investigated retrospectively and human chorionic gonadotropin(hCG) values were recorded. Patients were divided into groups as SGA and non-SGA. High hCGvalues (≥2 MoM) were compared with low hCG values (

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