Publications by authors named "E Corno"
Ultrasound evaluation of the size of the umbilical cord vessels and Wharton's jelly and correlation with intrapartum CTG findings.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
February 2025
Objective: To compare the sonographic measurement of the umbilical cord between women with or without repetitive decelerations during the first stage of labor.
Study Design: Prospective study including a non-consecutive cohort of women at term gestation carrying a normal sized fetus at term in cephalic presentation. The cross-sectional area of the umbilical cord, of its vessels and the amount of the Wharton's jelly were assessed at 2D ultrasound upon labor admission.
Maternal and perinatal outcomes following code red cesarean delivery performed among hospitals with different level of care.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the impact of care levels at different obstetric units on maternal and perinatal outcomes during code red cesarean deliveries, which are performed when there’s a life-threatening situation for the mother or fetus.
- - The research analyzed 168 cases from various hospitals and found that while the decision-to-delivery interval (DDI) was similar at both level-1 and level-2 hospitals, the rates of appropriate indications were higher at level-2 hospitals, although they had worse perinatal outcomes.
- - The results indicate that while level-1 hospitals can respond as quickly as level-2 hospitals in emergencies, they have lower rates of appropriate indications for cesarean deliveries, and the level of care and the
Introduction: Speckle tracking echocardiography is a non-Doppler modality allowing the semiautomated evaluation of the fetal cardiac function by tracking the speckles of the endocardial borders. Little evidence is available on the evaluation and comparison of different software for the functional assessment of the fetal heart by means of speckle tracking echocardiography. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility and agreement of two different proprietary speckle tracking software for the prenatal semiautomated assessment of the fetal cardiac function.
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- In fetuses with open spina bifida at 11 to 13 weeks of gestation, the study found the size of the lateral ventricles was smaller than in normal fetuses, which contrasts the expected increase in size later in pregnancy.
- The study aimed to compare various measurements of the lateral ventricles between fetuses with open spina bifida and a control group of normal fetuses, using detailed ultrasound data.
- Results showed that fetuses with open spina bifida had a higher choroid plexus-to-lateral ventricle area ratio compared to controls (0.49 vs. 0.72), indicating a reduced amount of fluid in the ventricular system.
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between the fetal head-circumference-to-maternal-height (HC/MH) ratio measured shortly before delivery and the occurrence of Cesarean section (CS) for labor dystocia.
Methods: This was a multicenter prospective cohort study involving four tertiary maternity hospitals. An unselected cohort of women with a singleton fetus in cephalic presentation, at a gestational age beyond 36 + 0 weeks and without any contraindication for vaginal delivery, was enrolled between September 2020 and November 2021.