Dear Ultrasound Insider,
Ultrasound continues to make improvements in reproductive and pediatric imaging, with implications in improving health for young children and expectant mothers.
For example, a new study has found that transabdominal ultrasound was feasible for measuring fetal head descent in the labor process and correlated well with transperineal assessment. Read what researchers found in this edition's Insider Exclusive.
In related news, point-of-care ultrasound can help accurately diagnose transient synovitis in pediatric patients when combined with a decision-support algorithm. Also, researchers from Brazil found brain differences in infants exposed to the Zika virus using ultrasound.
In other news, not including a preabortion ultrasound scan before medical abortion via telemedicine does not compromise patient safety or result in more ongoing pregnancies. However, patients who opt for this approach may be more likely to seek post-treatment care.
Plus, check out the following recent ultrasound stories:
- A Northwell Health team said that the slow recovery to prepandemic levels for outpatient imaging, including ultrasound, in New York during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic could result in negative effects on population health in the future.
- Combining ultrasound with contrast-enhanced mammography performed as well as breast MRI in preoperative staging for breast cancer, according to Dutch researchers.
- In a study of nearly 8,500 women, a South Korean group found that glandular tissue is associated with future breast cancer risk in women with dense breasts.
- Transvaginal ultrasound missed almost five times more cases of endometrial cancer among Black women than white women, according to research published in JAMA Oncology.
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