Evaluation of Uterine and Umbilical Artery Dopplers as Predictors

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and preeclampsia are important causes of perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality especially in the developing world where early identification of such insults still remain a challenge either by the vast population of pregnant women not seeking proper antenatal care or poor facilities in terms of both human capital and technological back-up. Adequate knowledge on prenatal diagnosis and ultrasound-guided focused care as relates to IUGR is by far deficient in the Sub-Saharan Africa and hence responsible for almost nil data from these regions when it comes to Doppler Velocimetry studies. There is therefore the urgent need for sub-specialisation in the area of fetal medicine and funding the Teaching Hospitals to be proper equipped to run these services in order to improve the perinatal outcomes.