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GuidelineFetal diagnosis and therapy2020

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidance on Behalf of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society.

Jan Deprest, Mahesh Choolani, Frank Chervenak, Diana Farmer, Katrien Lagrou, Enrico Lopriore, Laurence McCullough, Olutoyin Olutoye, Lynn Simpson, Tim Van Mieghem and 1 more

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Guideline in Fetal diagnosis and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Why the Silent Pandemic of Stillbirths Following COVID-19?Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.) · 2023
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  4. Invasive prenatal diagnosis during COVID-19 pandemic.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2022
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  17. Fetal Surgery in the Era of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Single-Institution Review.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2020
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  18. Restructuring fetal medicine services in a low-resource setting during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from a tertiary care fetal medicine center.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2020
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  19. Adaptation of prenatal care and ultrasound.Seminars in perinatology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

Jan DeprestDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, jan.deprest@uzleuven.be.
Mahesh ChoolaniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Frank ChervenakZucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell - Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Diana FarmerDepartment of Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA.
Katrien LagrouDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Enrico LoprioreDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Laurence McCulloughZucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell - Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Olutoyin OlutoyeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Lynn SimpsonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Tim Van MieghemFetal Medicine Unit, Ontario Fetal Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Greg RyanFetal Medicine Unit, Ontario Fetal Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lenox Hill Hospital · USMount Sinai Hospital · CAUniversitair Ziekenhuis Leuven · BEBaylor College of Medicine · USColumbia University · USLeiden University Medical Center · NLNational University of Singapore · SGUC Davis Children's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed patients and healthcare givers alike and challenged our practice of antenatal care, including fetal diagnosis and therapy. This document aims to review relevant recent information to allow us to optimize prenatal care delivery. We discuss potential modifications to obstetric management and fetal procedures in SARS-CoV2-negative and SARS-CoV2-positive patients with fetal anomalies or disorders. Most fetal therapies are time sensitive and cannot be delayed. If personnel and resources are available, we should continue to offer procedures of proven benefit, acknowledging any fetal and maternal risks, including those to health care workers. There is, to date, minimal, unconfirmed evidence of spontaneous vertical transmission, though it may theoretically be increased with some procedures. Knowing a mother's preoperative SARS-CoV-2 status would enable us to avoid or defer certain procedures while she is contagious and to protect health care workers appropriately. Some fetal conditions may alternatively be managed neonatally. Counseling regarding fetal interventions which have a possibility of additional intra- or postoperative morbidity must be performed in the context of local resource availability. Procedures of unproven benefit should not be offered. We encourage participation in registries and trials that may help us to understand the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women, their fetuses, and neonates.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusClinical Laboratory TechniquesConsensusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingFemaleHost Microbial InteractionsHumansInfant, NewbornInfection ControlInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMaternal Health ServicesOccupational HealthPandemicsCOVID-19Fetal anomalyFetal medicineFetal surgeryFetoscopySARS-CoV-2Vertical transmission

Identifiers

PMID32375144
PMCPMC7251580
OpenAlexW3021338331

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