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Chapter 3 - Ultrasound Examination

from Part I - ANTEPARTUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2010

John Patrick O'Grady ,
Martin L. Gimovsky ,
Lucy A. Bayer-Zwirello  and
Kevin Giordano
By
Alisa B. Modena ,
Aileen M. Gariepy  and
Stuart Weiner
John Patrick O'Grady
Affiliation:
Tufts University, Massachusetts
Alisa B. Modena
Affiliation:
Perinatologist, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Virtua Health Voorhees, New Jersey
Aileen M. Gariepy
Affiliation:
Clinical Instructor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stuart Weiner
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Summary

This chapter examines the use of ultrasound scanning in the intrapartum assessment of patients in labor and its invaluable utility to guide invasive procedures. It reviews several of these recent advances: cervical length evaluation as a predictor of preterm delivery and for the selection of appropriate induction of labor candidates; the evaluation of uterine bleeding; the monitoring of intrapartum fetal weight, and fetal well-being. Evaluation of fetal amniotic fluid quantity is an essential fetal assessment tool for the obstetrician. Fetal blood sampling is a practice used to gain access to the fetal blood for various indications; classically, obtaining a fetal blood sample can assist in the diagnosis of genetic disorders using a technique of rapid karyotyping, as well as to diagnose fetal infection and determine fetal blood type. Ultrasonography has proved to be helpful in the diagnosis of failed placental separation, allowing for expeditious surgical management prior to severe hemorrhage.

Keywords

amniotic fluidhemorrhageintrapartum assessmentultrasonographyuterine bleedingplacental separationpreterm delivery
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Operative Obstetrics , pp. 44 - 68
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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