Book chapter
Emergency Department Ultrasound in Pregnancy
Emergency Department Management of Obstetric Complications, pp.15-30
Springer International Publishing
05/18/2017
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54410-6_2
Abstract
Point-of-care ultrasound is a safe and efficient tool for the assessment of the pregnant patient. Bedside imaging can rapidly diagnose unstable conditions like ectopic pregnancy without the patient ever leaving the emergency department. While obstetricians employ comprehensive ultrasound imaging for a variety of purposes, such as dating or detection of fetal anomalies, the goals of point-of-care ultrasound are limited by design. These studies seek to quickly, but accurately, answer very focused questions and, by necessity, must be narrow in scope. Point-of-care ultrasound can be used for identifying early pregnancy location (intrauterine vs. ectopic vs. indeterminate), gestational dating, and limited fetal biometry. This chapter will describe the technical acquisition of these ultrasound images, both transabdominally and transvaginally, and will discuss image interpretation, including a particular focus on the current controversy surrounding the use of a β-HCG “discriminatory zone.”
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Emergency Department Ultrasound in Pregnancy
- Creators
- Cory Wittrock - MedStar Georgetown University HospitalErica Peethumnongsin - Duke University Hospital
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Emergency Department Management of Obstetric Complications, pp.15-30
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-54410-6_2
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/18/2017
- Academic Unit
- Emergency Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984296976802771
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