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AIUM Practice Parameter for the Performance of Detailed Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations Between 12 Weeks 0 Days and 13 Weeks 6 Days
Author(s) -
Aium Bryann Bromley,
Charlotte Henningsen,
David R. Jones,
Ilan E. TimorTritsch,
Lynn L. Simpson,
Acoog Thiel,
Carol B. Benson,
Beverly G. Coleman,
Lawrence D. Platt,
Jean Lea Spitz,
Jatuporn Burns,
Alfred Abuhamad,
Ruth B. Goldstein,
Deborah Levine,
Bryann Bromley,
James M. Shwayder,
Nirvikar Dahiya,
Rob Goodman,
Bo Ruan,
Min Liu,
John S. Pellerito
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15477
Subject(s) - medicine , accreditation , ultrasound , documentation , quality assurance , citation , medical physics , quality (philosophy) , obstetric ultrasound , audit , medical education , family medicine , radiology , library science , pregnancy , accounting , pathology , genetics , biology , philosophy , fetus , external quality assessment , epistemology , computer science , business , programming language
T he American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) is a multidisciplinary association dedicated to advancing the safe and effective use of ultrasound in medicine through professional and public education, research, development of clinical practice parameters, and accreditation of practices performing ultrasound. The AIUM Practice Parameter for the Performance of Detailed Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations Between 12 Weeks 0 Days and 13 Weeks 6 Days was developed by the AIUM in collaboration with other organizations whose members use ultrasound for performing this examination (see “Acknowledgments”). Recommendations for personnel requirements, the request for the examination, documentation, quality assurance, and safety may vary among the organizations and may be addressed by each separately. This practice parameter is intended to provide the medical ultrasound community with recommendations for the performance and recording of high-quality ultrasound examinations. The parameter reflects what the AIUM considers the appropriate criteria for this type of ultrasound examination but is not intended to establish a legal standard of care. Examinations performed in this specialty area are expected to follow the parameter with recognition that deviations may occur depending on the clinical situation. This specialized diagnostic examination is an extension of the standard sonographic fetal assessment described in the AIUM-ACRACOG-SMFM-SRU Practice Parameter for the Performance of Standard Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist practice bulletin Ultrasound in Pregnancy. The detailed obstetric ultrasound examination in the late first trimester is an indication-driven examination for women at increased risk for fetal or placental abnormalities that are potentially detectable between 12 weeks 0 days and 13 weeks 6 days’ gestation. Performance and interpretation of this examination require advanced training, knowledge, and imaging doi: 10.1002/jum.15477