Examination of Pregnant Women in Third Trimester by Ultrasound to Detect Any Congenital Anomalies

Sohag University

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Congenital Anomaly

Treatments

Other: ultrasound evaluation

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06628063

soh -Med-24-09-16MS

Details and patient eligibility

About

this study aims to help the physicians to evaluate the practice of routine Third trimestric fetal scan whether it should be routinely performed to all cases including those with low risk singleton pregnancies.

Full description

The third-trimester ultrasound scan ,traditionally performed at 32-34weeks, can assess fetal viability , presentation, anatomy , growth, amniotic fluid volume, placental location and fetoplacental Doppler.

There are multiple other indications that can trigger a third-trimester scan, including antepartum bleeding , reduced fetal movements, preterm rupture of the membranes and suspected abnormalities of fetal growth based on physical examination. In addition, ultrasound may be used to guide other procedures in the third trimester, such as external cephalic version. However, as yet, there is no convincing evidence that routine universal third-trimester ultrasound examination in a low-risk population improves either perinatal or maternal outcome especially in low socioeconomic countries with limited resources

Enrollment

40 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 45 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Singleton healthy pregnancy at second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
Fetuses were considered normal based on second trimestric fetal scan in our feto-maternal unit

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria were patients with multiple gestations, maternal medical complications as Preeclampsia, DM ,Cardiac or renal diseases , or fetal abnormalities