Ultrasound in labor: clinical practice guideline and recommendation by the WAPM-World Association of Perinatal Medicine and the PMF-Perinatal Medicine Foundation

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Rizzo G., Ghi T., Henrich W., Tutschek B., Kamel R. A. M., Lees C. C., ...More

JOURNAL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE, vol.50, no.8, pp.1007-1029, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 50 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1515/jpm-2022-0160
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.1007-1029
  • Keywords: dystocia, induction of labor, obstructed labor, ultrasound in labor, FETAL HEAD POSITION, TRANSVAGINAL DIGITAL EXAMINATION, OCCIPUT POSTERIOR POSITION, TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND, CESAREAN-SECTION, ULTRASONOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION, ARCH ANGLE, 2ND-STAGE, PREDICTION, INDUCTION
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This recommendation document follows the mission of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine in collaboration with the Perinatal Medicine Foundation. We aim to bring together groups and individuals throughout the world for standardization to implement the ultrasound evaluation in labor ward and improve the clinical management of labor. Ultrasound in labor can be performed using a transabdominal or a transperineal approach depending upon which parameters are being assessed. During transabdominal imaging, fetal anatomy, presentation, liquor volume, and placental localization can be determined. The transperineal images depict images of the fetal head in which calculations to determine a proposed fetal head station can be made.