How to: Fetal well-being assessment in the 3rd trimester - 3 February 2022

In this month's Coaching Corner Suean discusses fetal well-being assessment in the third trimester.

With tips and tricks, cases and learning pearls there is something for everyone. And as always this is followed up by a live Q&A.

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Chapters -
01:45 - fetal heart rate
02:34 - amniotic fluid assessment
03:25 - 3rd trimester scanning technique - subjective assessment,
05:32 - maximum vertical pool
06:37 - amniotic fluid index
07:14 - transducer orientation
08:26 - AFI
09:21 - split screen
11:25 - sonographic signatures
11:31 - maximum vertical pool
12:33 - AFI
16:51 - oligohydramnios
18:13 - polyhydramnios
19:50 - troubleshooting - underestimating AFI, overestimate AFI, pitfalls
23:20 - Doppler with Q&A
32:00 - common indices, umbilical PI, cerebral placental ratio,
35:30 - Doppler scan technique
39:15 - sonographic signatures - the waveform, resistance to flow, normal Doppler, abnormal UA Doppler, high resistance waveform, absent blood flow, reversed blood flow, wrong vessel, optimal trace, poor optimisation, colour box sizing,
45:43 - biophysical profile
52:20 - Q&A