Protocol for the e-POWUS Project: multicentre blinded-randomised controlled trial of ultrasound speed choice to improve sonography quality in pregnant women with obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During pregnancy, maternal obesity increases the risk of fetal abnormalities. Despite advances in ultrasound imaging, the assessment of fetal anatomy is less thorough among these women. Currently, the construction of ultrasound images uses a conventional ultrasound propagation velocity (1540 m/s), which does not correspond to the slower speed of propagation in fat tissue.The main objective of this randomised study is to compare the completeness of fetal ultrasonography according to whether the operator could choose the ultrasound velocity (1420, 1480 or 1540 m/s) or was required to apply the 1540 m/s velocity.

Methods and analysis

This randomised trial is an impact study to compare a diagnostic innovation with the reference technique. The trial inclusion criteri

SUBMITTER: Delabaere A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8458366 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature