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We aimed to analyse mode of delivery, perinatal and maternal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by SGA undergoing expectant management > 40 weeks. Higher incidence of urgent Caesarean section (CS) (RR 1.5 CI 1.1-2.0) and CS for abnormal cardiotocography (RR 2.1 CI 1.5-2.9) was observed in SGA, but the overall CS rate was similar to the rest of population. Despite widespread recommendation for induction of labour < 40 weeks in pregnancies complicated by small-for-gestational-age fetus (SGA), several observational studies suggest that expectant management is an option in selected cases. [Extracted from the article]

To evaluate umbilical vein blood flow volume (UmbQ) in fetuses with inappropriate growth for gestational age with normal Doppler indices and adverse perinatal outcome. The figure represents fetuses with inappropriate growth and normal Doppler indices with (orange dots n = 14) or without (green dots n = 40) adverse perinatal outcome: a) absolute QUmbV (both p < 0.001); b) normalised for EFW QUmbV (p = 0.004 for fetuses with and p = 0.06 for fetuses without adverse perinatal outcome, respectively). [Extracted from the article]