Contributor Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1 The principles of ultrasound, Doppler ultrasound and instrumentation 2 Preparing to scan 3 Starting to scan using the transabdominal route 4 Starting to scan using the transvaginal route 5 Assessing the early intrauterine pregnancy 6 Problems of early pregnancy 7 Dating and screening the pregnancy between 10 and 14 weeks 8 First steps in examining the second trimester pregnancy 9 Assessing the fetal head, brain, neck and face 10 Assessing the chest and heart 11 Assessing the abdomen 12 Ultrasound assessment of the spine and limbs 13 Assessing fetal growth, amniotic fluid, fetal and uterine artery Dopplers 14 Placental and cervical imaging 15 Multiple pregnancy 16 Scanning the non pregnant pelvis 17 The menstrual cycle, the menopause and the effects of exogenous hormones 18 Uterine and ovarian anomalies 19 Characterization of adnexal cysts, differential diagnoses of the pelvis and report writing 20 Professional issues Appendix 1 Orientation and fetal lie Appendix 2 Equation and look-up table for estimating gestational age (GA) from the crown rump length (CRL) as recommended by current national guidelines Appendix 3 Head circumference (HC) dating table and equation Appendix 4 Biparietal diameter (BPD) dating table (‘outer to inner’) Appendix 5 The 11 conditions screened for, together with their current expected detection rates, within the national screening programme Appendix 6 Equation, head circumference (HC) size chart and HC size table Appendix 7 Biparietal diameter (BPD) size chart (‘outer to inner’) Appendix 8 Equation, abdominal circumference (AC) size chart and AC size table Appendix 9 Equation and dating table for estimating gestational age (GA) from the femur length (FL) Appendix 10 Equation, femur length (FL) size chart and FL size table Appendix 11 Markers of chromosomal abnormality 475 Index
Trish Chudleigh, PhD, DMU, Specialist Sonographer for Education & Training, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK, Alison Smith, MSc, DMU, Tutor Sonographer, Women's Health & Fetal Medicine, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK and Sonia Cumming, RGN, RM, PGCert, Midwife Sonographer, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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