Cervical length screening in patients who have undergone loop electrosurgical excision procedure.

Objective: To determine whether cervical length measurements in patients who have undergone a loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is a predictor of spontaneous preterm delivery (PTD) at < 35 weeks.

Study Design: A retrospective chart review of 97 pregnant patients with a history of prior LEEP undergoing cervical length screening by transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) was done. Of these, 87 were included in the study.

Emergent fetal intracardiac transfusion for thrombocytopenia and acute hypovolemia due to cordocentesis-associated hemorrhage in parvovirus-induced hydrops.

Objectives: To demonstrate the utility of fetal intracardiac transfusion to correct acute fetal hypovolemia and thrombocytopenia in fetal Parvovirus infection.

Methods: Intracardiac transfusion in a 19-week gestation was indicated due to cordocentesis-associated hemorrhage.

Results: Intracardiac transfusion resulted in correction of acute bradycardia, anemia and thrombocytopenia and persistent umbilical cord hemorrhage following attempted intravascular transfusion.