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. 2022 May 27;50(8):1007-1029.
doi: 10.1515/jpm-2022-0160. Print 2022 Oct 26.

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

Giuseppe Rizzo  1 , Tullio Ghi  2   3   4 , Wolfgang Henrich  5 , Boris Tutschek  6 , Rasha Kamel  7 , Christoph C Lees  8   9 , Ilenia Mappa  10 , Mariya Kovalenko  11 , Wailam Lau  12 , Torbjorn Eggebo  13 , Reuven Achiron  14 , Cihat Sen  15   16   17
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Ultrasound in labor: clinical practice guideline and recommendation by the WAPM-World Association of Perinatal Medicine and the PMF-Perinatal Medicine Foundation

Giuseppe Rizzo et al. J Perinat Med. .
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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.

Keywords: dystocia; induction of labor; obstructed labor; ultrasound in labor.

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