• Profile
Close

The impact of a routine late third trimester growth scan on the incidence, diagnosis, and management of breech presentation in Oxfordshire, UK: A cohort study

PLoS Medicine Mar 07, 2021

Salim I, Staines-Urias E, Mathewlynn S, et al. - Failure to diagnose breech presentation is a principal barrier to external cephalic version (ECV), which is a safe procedure to reduce term breech presentation and associated CS. Researchers here examined how introduction of a routine 36-week scan affects the incidence of breech presentation and of undiagnosed breech presentation. They conducted a population-based cohort study including all women delivering between 37 +0 and 42 +6 weeks gestational age, with a singleton, nonanomalous fetus over a 4-year period (October 01, 2014 to September 30, 2018). They analyzed a total of 27,825 pregnancies before and after the introduction of a third trimester screening ultrasound (14,444 before and 13,381 after), which enhanced the proportion of pregnancies screened from 39% to 99%. Although, a substantial decline occurred in the incidence of undiagnosed breech presentation, 1 in 20 breech babies at term remained undiagnosed until labor. They identified no decrease in the incidence of breech presentation at term, albeit from an already low incidence.

Go to Original
Only Doctors with an M3 India account can read this article. Sign up for free or login with your existing account.
4 reasons why Doctors love M3 India
  • Exclusive Write-ups & Webinars by KOLs

  • Nonloggedininfinity icon
    Daily Quiz by specialty
  • Nonloggedinlock icon
    Paid Market Research Surveys
  • Case discussions, News & Journals' summaries
Sign-up / Log In
x
M3 app logo
Choose easy access to M3 India from your mobile!


M3 instruc arrow
Add M3 India to your Home screen
Tap  Chrome menu  and select "Add to Home screen" to pin the M3 India App to your Home screen
Okay