ISUOG Consensus Statement on rationalization of early‐pregnancy care and provision of ultrasonography in context of SARS‐CoV‐2

Restructuring maternal services during the covid-19 pandemic: Early results of a scoping review for non-infected women

“…During the COVID-19, pandemic new ways of prenatal care have been adopted, deemed useful to prevent infection by cutting contacts between women requiring care and providers. Preliminary simple solutions have been swiftly applied to the environmental and clinical settings based on longer visit-to-visit intervals and spacing seats in waiting areas to prevent overcrowding ( Bourne et al., 2020 ; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2020a ).…”

“…An ongoing stream of clinical guidelines invariably calls for a prenatal care model based on reduced in-person contacts, overcrowding avoidance and, whenever possible, aggregating ultrasound, clinical observation and blood testing in a single visit ( Bourne et al., 2020 ; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2020a ; WHO, 2020 ). Another message emphasizes the importance of keeping the pace with the magnitude of the pandemic by developing innovative, effective and, at the same time, accessible platforms for virtual counselling and screening ( Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2020a ; WHO, 2020 ).…”

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%).…”

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on timely care for extrauterine pregnancies: A retrospective analysis

“…Our working hypothesis was that the COVID-19 pandemic may compromise non-COVID-19-related admissions to the hospital and especially impact early pregnancy care. The importance of diagnosing the exact location of the pregnancy, especially in these troublesome times, was highlighted by the latest International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology consensus statement [13] . To the best of our knowledge, only one report on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rate of emergent surgeries due to EUP has been published thus far [14] .…”