Fetal assessment based on fetal biophysical profile scoring: IV. An analysis of perinatal morbidity and mortality

Abstract The relationship between the last biophysical profile score result and perinatal outcome was determined among a large referred population of high-risk pregnancies. A highly significant inverse linear correlation was observed for fetal distress, admission to neonatal intensive care unit, intrauterine growth retardation, 5-minute Apgar score