ISUOG Consensus Statement on organization of routine and specialist obstetric ultrasound services in context of COVID‐19

Fetal Transient Skin Edema in Two Pregnant Women With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

“…Current protocols recommend, for safety reasons, delaying ultrasound scans while pregnant women are positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection, which may result in lack of observation of transient fetal abnormalities. 12 , 13 However, at our center we are scanning pregnant women weekly in the framework of an Institutional Review Board–approved observational study (PR(AMI)181/2020), which includes microbiological sampling and ultrasound examinations in pregnant women with COVID-19. During the pandemic, we performed 31 ultrasound examinations on pregnant women with COVID-19, and fetal skin edema was seen in two cases (6.5%; 95% CI 1.8–20.7%).…”

Ultrasound in Pregnancy during the Corona-Virus Pandemic: a Practical Approach

“…Die Überlegungen spiegeln die aktuellen und empirischen Erfahrungen der Autoren in deren Zentren wider, ohne evidenzbasiert zu sein. Für andere Fragen zu Covid-19 und Schwangerschaft verweisen wir auf die nationalen und internationalen Stellungnahmen [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

“…It is important to note that this editorial reflects the experience of the authors in their respective centers and should be construed to represent national or international guidelines, several of which have already been published and can be found at the corresponding websites [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement on use of personal protective equipment and hazard mitigation in relation to SARS‐CoV‐2 for practitioners undertaking obstetric and gynecological ultrasound

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, depending on local disease prevalence and staff shortage, high-risk patients should be prioritized for ultrasound assessment, while prioritization by type of scan should be considered, with the second-trimester anatomy scan taking precedence over the first-trimester scan, and growth scans performed based on coexisting and emerging comorbidities. Further details are provided in the ISUOG Consensus Statement on organization of routine and specialist obstetric ultrasound services in the context of COVID-19 6 .…”