Consistency in the transabdominal ultrasound measurement of cervical length in mid-pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Western Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Initiative recommends a transabdominal cervical length (TACL) measurement at the mid-pregnancy ultrasound to screen low-risk women for preterm birth risk. In view of this recommendation, we assessed the inter-observer consistency of TACL screening in mid-pregnancy.

Methods

Routinely collected mid-pregnancy TACL ultrasound images were graded from 0 to 4 according to the anatomical landmarks identified by a single expert. A random selection of 10 images of each grade were disseminated in an electronic survey to determine inter- and intra-observer variations in the classification of the cervical image.

Results

A total of 244 participants graded 50 TACL images. Six participants repeated the grading. Overall agreement

SUBMITTER: Pedretti MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9351434 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature