The Predictive Accuracy of Anogenital Distance and Genital Tubercle Angle for First-Trimester Fetal Sex Determination.

Background: Early identification of fetal gender is crucial for managing gender-linked genetic disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the predictive performance of anogenital distance (AGD) and genital tubercle angle (GTA) for fetal sex determination during the first trimester.

Methods: A multicenter retrospective cohort study was conducted on 312 fetal cases between 11 and 13 + 6 weeks of gestation from two tertiary hospitals.

Medical imaging in problem-based learning and impact on the students: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To investigate the medical students' performance with and perception towards different multimedia medical imaging tools.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the College of Medicine, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, from 2019 to 2020, and comprised third year undergraduate medical students during the academic year 2019-2020. The students were divided into tow groups.

Digitalization plan in medical education during COVID-19 lockdown.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has enhanced the adoption of virtual learning after the urgent suspension of traditional teaching. Different online learning strategies were established to face this learning crisis. The present descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to reveal the different digital procedures implemented by the College of Medicine at Qassim University for better student performance and achievement.

Reference centiles for maternal placental growth factor levels at term from a low-risk population.

Introduction: Placental growth factor (PLGF) is a biomarker of placental function. The aim of this study was to define reference ranges for maternal PLGF levels in a normotensive cohort ≥36 + 0 weeks.

Method: Prospective observational data from Mater Mothers' Hospital, Brisbane.

Prelabour myocardial deformation and cardiac output in fetuses that develop intrapartum compromise at term: a prospective observational study.

Redistribution of cardiac output is responsible for the "brain sparing" effect seen during periods of acute or chronic fetal stress. We investigated the relationship between prelabour cardiac function in fetuses that subsequently developed intrapartum fetal compromise (IFC). A blinded, prospective, observational, cohort study, at Mater Mother's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.

Correlation between fetoplacental Doppler indices and measurements of cardiac function in term fetuses.

Objective: Redistribution of cardiac output (CO) is responsible for the brain-sparing effect seen during periods of fetal stress. Our aim was to investigate prospectively the correlation between fetoplacental Doppler indices and measurements of cardiac function in uncomplicated term singleton pregnancy.

Methods: This was a prospective observational study of normotensive women with appropriately grown, non-anomalous singleton pregnancy.

Prelabor screening for intrapartum fetal compromise in low-risk pregnancies at term: cerebroplacental ratio and placental growth factor.

Objectives: To determine the screening performance of low fetal cerebroplacental ratio (CPR), a marker of fetal adaptation to suboptimal growth, and maternal placental growth factor (PlGF) level, both in isolation and in combination, for the prediction of Cesarean section (CS) for intrapartum fetal compromise (IFC) and composite adverse neonatal outcome (CANO).

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study in low-risk women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancy from 36 weeks' gestation to delivery. CPR and PlGF were assessed fortnightly and intrapartum and neonatal outcomes were recorded.

Assessment of left ventricular function using the Myocardial Performance Index in term fetuses that develop intrapartum compromise.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the prelabour left ventricular Myocardial Performance Index (LVMPI) and intrapartum fetal compromise (IFC) in low-risk term pregnancies.

Methods: A blinded, prospective observational cohort study at the Mater Mother's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. A cohort of 284 women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies underwent fortnightly ultrasound from 36 weeks until delivery.

Screening for adverse perinatal outcomes: uterine artery Doppler, cerebroplacental ratio and estimated fetal weight in low-risk women at term.

Objective: To stratify apparently low-risk pregnant women into those who are at risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. Appropriate stratification would allow targeted prenatal and intrapartum management.

Methods: This prospective, observational study included normotensive women with appropriately grown, non-anomalous, singleton pregnancies.

Relationship of prelabor fetal cardiac function with intrapartum fetal compromise and neonatal status at term.

Objectives: To investigate prospectively the relationship of fetal cardiac function and Doppler ultrasound parameters with intrapartum fetal compromise (IFC) in appropriately grown term fetuses. Secondary aims were to correlate prenatal cardiac function with neonatal acid-base status, intrapartum fetal heart rate (FHR) abnormalities and adverse neonatal outcomes.

Methods: This was a blinded, prospective, observational, cohort study of 270 women with an uncomplicated singleton pregnancy who underwent fortnightly ultrasound assessment from 36 weeks' gestation until delivery at the Mater Mother's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.

Myocardial strain assessment using velocity vector imaging in normally grown fetuses at term.

Objectives: To assess prospectively fetal myocardial deformation at term in normally grown fetuses using the velocity vector imaging (VVI) two-dimensional speckle-tracking technique, and to explore myocardial deformation changes over the last 4 weeks of pregnancy.

Methods: This was a prospective, observational cohort study of 276 women with an uncomplicated singleton pregnancy who underwent fortnightly ultrasound from 36 weeks' gestation until delivery at the Mater Mother's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Fetal myocardial deformation (assessed by global and segmental longitudinal systolic myocardial strain and strain rate of both right and left ventricles) was measured using VVI software.

Cerebroplacental ratio thresholds measured within 2 weeks before birth and risk of Cesarean section for intrapartum fetal compromise and adverse neonatal outcome.

Objectives: Prediction of intrapartum fetal compromise in uncomplicated, term pregnancies is a global obstetric challenge. Currently, no widely accepted screening test for this condition exists, although the cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) shows promise. We aimed to evaluate prospectively the screening performance of the CPR 10 centile threshold for prediction of Cesarean section for intrapartum fetal compromise (IFC) and composite adverse neonatal outcome (ANO) after 36 weeks' gestation in low-risk women, and to compare this with CPR ≤ 1 and < 5 centile thresholds described previously in the literature.