Accuracy of fetal lung volume assessed by three-dimensional sonography

New scoring system for fetal neurobehavior assessed by three- and four-dimensional sonography.

AIM To produce a new scoring system for fetal neurobehavior based on prenatal assessment by 3D/4D sonography. We identified severely brain damaged infants and those with optimal neurological findings and compared fetal with neonatal findings. RESULTS The new scoring system was retrospectively applied in a group of 100 low-risk pregnancies. After delivery, postnatal neurological assessment was...

Anesthesia-induced atelectasis assessed by lung sonography

Background Atelectasis and poorly ventilated lung areas are negative consequences of general anesthesia observed in adult as well as in children. The reported incidence of this anesthesia-induced atelectasis in children is high and comes from 83 % to almost 100 %. The diagnosis of this entity is difficult to do at the bedside; they are commonly small and mostly invisible to standard chest X-ray...

Fetal yawning assessed by 3D and 4D sonography

The capacity of four-dimensional sonography to evaluate complex facial expressions allows recognition of a common behavior, yawning. Although there has been remarkably little interest in yawning in research and medical practice, even though it is an everyday phenomenon, we submit an original interpretation on the basis of knowledge derived from phylogeny and ontogeny. As a flip-flop switch, the...

Three-dimensional Ultrasound in the Assessment of Fetal Limb Volume*

Fetal behavior assessed in all three trimesters of normal pregnancy by four-dimensional ultrasonography.

AIM To assess fetal behavior in all three trimesters of normal pregnancy and to investigate the continuation of behavior from fetal to neonatal period. METHODS One hundred out of 130 pregnant women in all trimesters with singleton pregnancy were assigned for the investigation. All recordings were performed in the morning, after two hours of fasting. Video recordings of newborns were made whil...