Standardized Six-Step Approach to the Performance of the Focused Basic Obstetric Ultrasound Examination Putri Aini Daulay
DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY H. ADAM MALIK HOSPITAL FACULTY OF MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016
Introduction
Integral of prenatal care
Diagnosis fetal abnormalities
Identify high risk pregancy Obstetric ultrasound
Its availabity is increasing in limited resource setting
But dependent on competent operator
Introduction
No standardized guideline for USG course
Previous regular USG was considered too complex Develop new standard focused and simple basic USG obstetric approach
Introduction
Idea
Standardized Six-Step Approach Focused Basic Obstetric Ultrasound Examination
Introduction
Aim of this study
Validate the focused basic obstetric ultrasound examination
Compare its performance to the scheduled obstetric ultrasound examination.
Materials and method
Design • Cohort prospective • Observatio nal
Place and time • Division of maternalfetal medicine Eastern Virginia Medical school • Dec 13-May 14
Samples • 100 trimester 2 pregnant women • 100 trimester 3 pregnant women
Device • USG Voluson E8 (Expert edition) (GE healthcare ultrasound, Milwaukee, WI)
Materials and method
Pregant women
Intrepretation and calculation of time spent in the procedure
Baseline characteristics: race, age, gestational age, gracidity, parity, BMI
USG obstetrics examination with six standardized steps
Routine scheduled obstetric USG
SPSS 15 analysis by t test, chi square, MannWhitney, Cohen Kappa tst in 95%CI
Six standardized steps in focused basic obstetric USG
Six steps in focused basic obstetric USG
Determination of fetal presentation Determination of fetal cardiac activity Identification of the number of fetuses in uterus Location and position of the placenta Estimating the amniotic fluid volume Fetal biometric measurements
Step 1: Determination of fetal presentation
Ultrasound transducer is placed transversely Fetal, buttocks, or if not both oblique/transverse lie
Step 2: Determination of fetal cardiac activity
Transducer is moved toward umbilicus to line 1,2, and 3
Identify cardiac activity
Step 3: Identification of the number of fetuses in uterus
Move cephalad toward upper abdomen based on the lines Identifiy number of fetal head presented
Step 4: Location and position of the placenta
Move toward right abdomen in sagital position
Check location of placenta Identify any low lying placenta or placenta previa
Step 5: Estimating the amniotic fluid volume
Move toward right abdomen in sagital position while avoiding any cord and fetal parts
MVP >= 8 cm polyhydramnions MVP <2 cm oligohydramnions
Step 6: Fetal biometric measurements
Biparietal diameter
head circumfere nce
abdominal circumfere nce
femur length
Results
Results
Results
Results
Results
Discussion
USG had been applied in limited resources setting
Changed 43% patient management to a planned surgical procedure
But restricted because of sonographer dependency
Discussion
Standardized six-step approach to the focused basic obstetric ultrasound examination.
Our results showed high agreement between the focused basic obstetric ultrasound examination and the scheduled obstetric ultrasound examination.
One of the discrepancies is because we omit TVG USG to prove the presence of low lying placenta.
Conclusion
A six-step standardized approach to the focused basic ultra- sound examination reduces the operator dependency of ultrasound and has the potential to enhance ultrasound training and competency evaluation in trainees with no prior ultrasound training.