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Evaluation of Focused Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations by Health Care Personnel in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Kenya, Pakistan, and Zambia.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Shaping ultrasound in midwifery: towards an evidence-based training framework for enhanced prenatal care.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluation of antenatal Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) training: a systematic review.Medical education online · 2022Pooled it
- Training in Ultrasound to Determine Gestational Age in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Pooled it
- Routine ultrasound for fetal assessment before 24 weeks' gestation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Birth weight and gestational age distributions in a rural Kenyan population.BMC pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Cost estimation alongside a multi-regional, multi-country randomized trial of antenatal ultrasound in five low-and-middle-income countries.BMC public health · 2021Trial
- Oligohydramnios: a prospective study of fetal, neonatal and maternal outcomes in low-middle income countries.Reproductive health · 2020Trial
- Bridging the gap: Translating fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging insights into clinical practice.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of obstetric point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on the ADDIE training model.The ultrasound journal · 2025Review
- Modality-level obstacles and initiatives to improve representation in fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging research samples.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2025Article
- Pioneering point-of-care obstetric ultrasound integration in midwifery education - the MEPOCUS study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Deep learning to estimate gestational age from fly-to cineloop videos: A novel approach to ultrasound quality control.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2024Article
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- Evaluation of antenatal point-of-care ultrasound training workshops for rural/remote healthcare clinicians: a prospective single cohort study.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Midwife-Led Ultrasound Scanning to Date Pregnancy in Malawi: Development of a Novel Training Program.Journal of midwifery & women's health · 2022Article
- Enablers and barriers to introduction of obstetrics ultrasound service at primary care facilities in a resource-limited setting: a qualitative study in four regions of Ethiopia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- A mobile-optimized artificial intelligence system for gestational age and fetal malpresentation assessment.Communications medicine · 2022Article
- Perception of Ghanaian Primigravidas Undergoing Their First Antenatal Ultrasonography in Cape Coast.Radiology research and practice · 2020Article
- Review of Health Economics of Point-of-Care Testing Worldwide and Its Efficacy of Implementation in the Primary Health Care Setting in Remote Australia.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2020Review
- Health professionals' experiences and views on obstetric ultrasound in Vietnam: a regional, cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2019Article
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Abstract
Prior studies have suggested that obstetrical (OB) ultrasound in low- and middle-income countries has aided in detection of high-risk conditions, which in turn could improve OB management. We are participating in a cluster-randomized clinical trial of OB ultrasound, which is designed to assess the effect of basic OB ultrasound on maternal mortality, fetal mortality, neonatal mortality, and maternal near-miss in 5 low-income countries. We designed a 2-week course in basic OB ultrasound, followed by 12 weeks of oversight, to train health care professionals with no prior ultrasound experience to perform basic OB ultrasound to screen for high-risk pregnancies. All patients with high-risk pregnancies identified by the trainees were referred to higher-level health facilities where fully trained sonographers confirmed the diagnoses before any actions were taken. Although there have been several published studies on basic OB ultrasound training courses for health care workers in low- and middle-income countries, quality control reporting has been limited. The purpose of this study is to report on quality control results of these trainees. Health care workers trained in similar courses could have an adjunctive role in ultrasound screening for high-risk OB conditions where access to care is limited. After completion of the ultrasound course, 41 trainees in 5 countries performed 3801 ultrasound examinations during a 12-week pilot period. Each examination was reviewed by ultrasound trainers for errors in scanning parameters and errors in diagnosis, using predetermined criteria. Of the 32,480 images comprising the 3801 examinations, 94.8% were rated as satisfactory by the reviewers. There was 99.4% concordance between trainee and reviewer ultrasound diagnosis. The results suggest that trained health care workers could play a role in ultrasound screening for high-risk OB conditions.
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