Development and evaluation of an algorithm for peripheral venous catheter placement (ALCOV): protocol for a quasi-experimental study.

Introduction: Multiple punctures during peripheral venous catheter (PVC) placement increase the risk of complications. Scoring for adult difficult intravenous access (A-DIVA Scale) exists but has never been assessed in the framework of a care algorithm (scoring associated with a new decision-making tree for puncture conditions, the A-DIVA Tree). We seek to implement an catheter placement algorithm to decrease the mean number of punctures per patient.

Influential factors on the echogenicity of peripheral venous catheters: Insights from an experimental phantom study.

Introduction: Ultrasound-guided placement of peripheral venous catheters requires appropriate equipment. Among the devices used, peripheral venous catheters have different structure and properties. This study aimed to define the impact of these different factors on the echogenicity of peripheral venous catheters.

Benefits of simulation for ultrasound-guided midline placement training: MC-in-Sim pilot study.

Introduction: Ultrasound-guided placement of Midlines catheters (MCs) is a standard procedure with many benefits for patients. Even if there are some guidelines worldwide, this invasive technique is still taught at the patient's bed and relies on mentoring in many care centers. The performance of this care by novice practitioners raises ethical and quality of care issues mainly because of its risk of complications.

Research procedure acceptability through women during pregnancy and postpartum: A pilot study.

Objective: To assess the feasibility and relevancy of a systematic data collection process in characterizing factors influencing research acceptability through women during pregnancy and early postpartum.

Methods: A pilot prospective observational crossover unicentric study was conducted in Est France. All the women (except language barrier and intensive care transfer) were called upon to complete a survey (33 questions).

Is accuracy of estimated fetal weight improved by better image quality scores?

Objective: To assess in a group of ultrasound operators of various levels of experience the predictive value of systematic quality scoring to assess estimated fetal weight (EFW) validity.

Methods: Screenshots, sonographer experience, and neonate birth weight were collected for 131 ultrasound examinations in the 7 days before birth. The difference (EFW error) between projected birth weight (EFW + [30 g × interval in days to birth]) and actual birth weight was then assessed (absolute value).

Improving prenatal care during lockdown: Comparing telehealth and in-person care for low-risk pregnant women in the PROTECT pilot study.

Objective: to compare telehealth and in-person care during the COVID-19 lockdown in a population of low-risk pregnant women for prenatal care received and perinatal outcome.

Methods: This single-center study began during the first French lockdown in 2020. Women with at least one telehealth (remote) prenatal care visit were compared with those who received care only in person.

Training in Obstetric Ultrasound Biometry: Results from a Multicenter Reproducibility Study.

Objectives: To assess the intra- and interobserver reproducibility of fetal biometry measurements obtained by trainee (junior) and experienced sonographers (senior) in the contest of two training programs in obstetric ultrasound.

Methods: This was a prospective study on 192 women recruited ensuring an even distribution throughout gestation (18-41 weeks), at University College London Hospital (UCLH), England (87 cases), and at Maternité Regionale Universitaire de Nancy (MRUN), France (105 cases). The training took place in two training centers with experience in ultrasound training and subspecialist training in fetal medicine.

Comparative evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on perinatal experience: A prospective multicentre study.

Objectives: To compare in the early postpartum the perinatal experience during a COVID-19 related lockdown ('lockdown' group) and a pandemic control group subject to looser restrictions.

Design And Setting: This national multicentre prospective cohort study took place in four French maternity units.

Population: Women were recruited during the postpartum stay for the lockdown and pandemic control groups, according to their enrolment period.

Manual rotation of occiput posterior or transverse positions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Objective: The primary objective of this systematic review was to assess the association between spontaneous vaginal delivery and manual rotation during labor for occiput posterior or transverse positions. Our secondary objective was to assess maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Data Sources: An electronic search of PubMed, EMBASE, ClinicalTrials.

Optimization of Fetal Biometry With 3D Ultrasound and Image Recognition (EPICEA): protocol for a prospective cross-sectional study.

Context: Variability in 2D ultrasound (US) is related to the acquisition of planes of reference and the positioning of callipers and could be reduced in combining US volume acquisitions and anatomical structures recognition.

Objectives: The primary objective is to assess the consistency between 3D measurements (automated and manual) extracted from a fetal US volume with standard 2D US measurements (I). Secondary objectives are to evaluate the feasibility of the use of software to obtain automated measurements of the fetal head, abdomen and femur from US acquisitions (II) and to assess the impact of automation on intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility (III).