The primary audience for these recommendations includes health professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care guidelines and protocols and health workers involved in the provision of care to women and their newborns during pregnancy, labour and childbirth; this includes m...
Sussman, Betsy;
Chopra, Prajna;
Poder, Liina;
Bulas, Dorothy;
Burger, Ingrid;
Feldstein, Vickie;
Laifer-Narin, Sherelle;
Oliver, Edward;
Strachowski, Loretta;
Wang, Eileen;
Winter, Tom;
Zelop, Carolyn;
Glanc, Phyllis.
The Appropriateness Criteria for the imaging screening of second and third trimester fetuses for anomalies are presented for fetuses that are low risk, high risk, have had soft markers detected on ultrasound, and have had major anomalies detected on ultrasound. The American College of Radiology Appropria...
This revised guideline is intended to provide an update on the genetic aspects, prevention, screening, diagnosis, and management of fetal neural tube defects. Target population: Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant. Neural tube defect screening should be offered to all pregnant women. For preven...
To assess the association between sonography-derived cervical length measurement and preterm birth. To describe the various techniques to measure cervical length using sonography. To review the natural history of the short cervix. To review the clinical uses, predictive ability, and utility of sonography...
OBJECTIVE: This guideline presents an evidence-based technical update and recommendations for the performance of early comprehensive fetal anatomic scanning (ECFAS) at 11 to 16 weeks' gestation. OPTIONS: Patients at high risk for fetal anomalies and in whom traditional mid-second trimester transabdominal...
