Imaging modalities play a crucial role in the management of suspected COVID-19 patients. Before reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results are positive, 60-93% of patients have positive chest computed tomographic (CT) findings consistent with COVID-19. We report a case of positive lung ultrasound findings consistent with COVID-19 in a woman with an initially negative RT-PCR result. The lung ultrasound-imaging findings were present between the negative and subsequent positive RT-PCR tests and correlated with CT findings. The point-of-care lung-ultrasound examination was easy to perform and, as such, could play an important role in the triage of women with suspected COVID-19. The neonatal swabs, cord blood and placental swab RT-PCR tests were negative for SARS-CoV-2, a finding consistent with the published literature suggesting no vertical transmission of this virus in pregnant women.
We observed good agreement between clinical and ultrasound assessment of dilatation, moderate agreement in assessing fetal station and low agreement assessing head position.
Objective:To assess the effects of ultrasonographically detected subchorionic hematomas on pregnancy outcomes in patients with vaginal bleeding within the first half of pregnancy.
Material and Methods:Patients diagnosed with threatened abortion due to painless vaginal bleeding and who were followed up in an inpatient service during the first vaginal bleeding between January 2009 and December 2010 were included in this retrospective cohort study. Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of subchorionic hematoma. Miscarriage rates and pregnancy outcomes of ongoing pregnancies were compared between the groups.Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the groups regarding demographic parameters, including age, parity, previous miscarriage history, and gestational age at first vaginal bleeding. While 13 of 44 pregnancies (29.5%) with subchorionic hematoma resulted in miscarriage, 25 of 198 pregnancies (12.6%) without subchorionic hematoma resulted in miscarriage (p=.010). The gestational age at miscarriage and the duration between first vaginal bleeding and miscarriage were similar between the groups. The outcome measures of ongoing pregnancies, such as gestational week at delivery, birth weight, and delivery route, were also similar between the groups.
Conclusion:Ultrasonographically detected subchorionic hematoma increases the risk of miscarriage in patients with vaginal bleeding and threatened abortion during the first 20 weeks of gestation. However, it does not affect the pregnancy outcome measures of ongoing pregnancies. (J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc 2014; 15: 239-42) Key words: Abortion, threatened, miscarriage, spontaneous, pregnancy outcome Received: 02 September, 2014 Accepted: 09 October, 2014 The effects of subchorionic hematoma on pregnancy outcome in patients with threatened abortion
Letters to the Editor Utility of lung ultrasound assessment for probable SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy and universal screening of asymptomatic individuals Pregnant women are a risk group for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, which has been shown to be associated with increased rates of preterm delivery and Cesarean section 1. Despite reassuring safety profile, imaging modalities, such as computed tomography, are used scarcely in pregnancies with suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection due to concerns about undue exposure of the fetus to ionizing radiation. However, false-positive and false-negative results are not uncommon in reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing. Anecdotal reports suggest that the adjunct use of imaging modalities can help manage cases in which molecular testing results and the clinical presentation are conflicting 2. Furthermore, use of imaging modalities is suggested for the preoperative screening of emergency cases 3. Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an ionizing-radiation-free, reproducible imaging modality for evaluating lung lesions, and its results are readily available, well in advance of the RT-PCR results 4. However, the added benefit of LUS for managing symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy remains unclear. This was a retrospective cohort study conducted in two large SARS-CoV-2 pandemic hospitals in Turkey (
Cell-free fetal DNA has received significant attention for the purposes of prenatal genetic testing in the past decade. Fetal DNA testing is a new method and promising for many applications such as aneuploidy screening, prenatal diagnosis, prediction of preeclampsia and more. A 37-year-old primigravida, with a pregnancy conceived by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), was offered non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) due to advanced maternal age. NIPT performed at 23 weeks' gestation reported a diagnosis of monosomy X. She was offered an amniocentesis, which revealed a euploid fetus with no sex chromosome abnormalities. Even with single nucleotide polymorphism-based NIPT, positive predictive value for detection of sex chromosome abnormalities is around 50%. Positive results of NIPT should be heeded with caution and an invasive diagnostic procedure should be performed, especially for rare chromosomal abnormalities and sex chromosome abnormalities where NIPT performs subpar compared to its performance for detection of trisomy 21.
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