A 9-year audit of fetal chest masses in an Australian maternal-fetal medicine cohort.

Introduction: To assess fetal vs. neonatal diagnoses, pregnancy outcomes and need for surgery in babies prenatally diagnosed with congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) or bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS).

Methods: Retrospective single-centre cohort study of fetuses with a prenatal diagnosis of CPAM or BPS between 2006 and 2014.

The association between new generation oral contraceptive pill and the development of inflammatory bowel diseases.

Background/aims: To examine the association between use of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) and the risk of developing inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), in a modern cohort.

Methods: A prospective nested case-control study across sites in the Asia-Pacific region was conducted; involving female IBD cases and asymptomatic controls. Subjects completed a questionnaire addressing questions related to OCP use.

Use of the Foetal Myocardial Performance Index in monochorionic, diamniotic twin pregnancy: a prospective cohort and nested case-control study.

Aims: Assess clinical utility of the foetal Myocardial Performance Index (MPI) in evaluation and management of monochorionic, diamniotic twin (MCDA) pregnancies.

Methods: Prospective cohort of (a) initially uncomplicated MCDA (b) Complicated MCDA, including twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), selective intrauterine growth restriction (sIUGR), and liquor and/or growth discordance (L/GD) not meeting TTTS or sIUGR criteria. TTTS and sIUGR were case-control matched.

Utility of fetal MRI for workup of fetal central nervous system anomalies in an Australian maternal-fetal medicine cohort.

Objectives: To evaluate how fetal MRI is influencing current clinical practice and outcomes for central nervous system (CNS) anomalies in the Australian maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) setting.

Material And Methods: Retrospective audit of cases January 2008-August 2013 referred for MFM ultrasound and MRI for suspected fetal CNS anomaly. Demographics, referral information, initial MFM diagnoses and investigations, MRI diagnoses, subsequent pregnancy management and perinatal outcome were examined.