Is intrauterine surgery justified? Report from the working group on ultrasound in obstetrics of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine (WAPM)

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Augusto Moreira de Sá ◽  
Paulo Roberto Nassar de Carvalho ◽  
Asim Kurjak ◽  
Abdallah Adra ◽  
Aliyu Labaran Dayyabu ◽  
...  

AbstractFetal surgery involves a large number of heterogeneous interventions that vary from simple and settled procedures to very sophisticated or still-in-development approaches. The overarching goal of fetal interventions is clear: to improve the health of children by intervening before birth to correct or treat prenatally diagnosed abnormalities. This article provides an overview of fetal interventions, ethical approaches in fetal surgery, and benefits obtained from antenatal surgeries.

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Skupski ◽  
Anne Greenough ◽  
Stephen M. Donn ◽  
Birgit Arabin ◽  
Eduardo Bancalari ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 857-866
Author(s):  
Oluş Api ◽  
Cihat Sen ◽  
Marzena Debska ◽  
Gabriele Saccone ◽  
Francesco D’Antonio ◽  
...  

AbstractThese guidelines follow the mission of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine, which brings together groups and individuals throughout the world with the goal of improving outcomes of maternal, fetal and neonatal (perinatal) patients. Guidelines for auditing, evaluation, and clinical care in perinatal medicine enable physicians diagnose, treat and follow-up of COVID-19-exposed pregnant women. These guidelines are based on quality evidence in the peer review literature as well as the experience of perinatal expert throughout the world. Physicians are advised to apply these guidelines to the local realities which they face. We plan to update these guidelines as new evidence become available.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
D. Di Mascio ◽  
F. D'Antonio ◽  
G. Rizzo

The World Association of Perinatal Medicine (WAPM) study on the COrona VIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was an international, retrospective cohort study that included pregnant women tested positive with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection between February and April 2020. The study involved 73 centers from 22 countries. The WAPM study included 388 singletons, viable pregnancies, positive to SARS-CoV-2 at real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction nasal and pharyngeal swab. The majority of the included women were symptomatic. The occurrence of maternal adverse events was significantly higher in symptomatic, compared with asymptomatic pregnant women. Women carrying high-risk pregnancies (either preexisting chronic medical conditions in pregnancy or obstetrical disorders occurring in pregnancy) were at a higher risk of hospital admission, presence of severe respiratory symptoms, admission to the intensive care unit, and invasive mechanical ventilation. As per maternal outcomes, the occurrence of fetal and neonatal adverse events was significantly higher in symptomatic, compared with asymptomatic pregnant women. The incidence of a composite adverse fetal outcome was significantly higher when the infection occurred in the first trimester, and in fetuses with lower birthweight.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina De Robertis ◽  
Cihat Sen ◽  
Ilan Timor-Tritsch ◽  
Rabih Chaoui ◽  
Paolo Volpe ◽  
...  

Abstract These practice guidelines follow the mission of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine in collaboration with the Perinatal Medicine Foundation, bringing together groups and individuals throughout the world, with the goal of improving the ultrasound assessment of the fetal Central Nervous System (CNS) anatomy. In fact, this document provides further guidance for healthcare practitioners for the evaluation of the fetal CNS during the mid-trimester ultrasound scan with the aim to increase the ability in evaluating normal fetal anatomy. Therefore, it is not intended to establish a legal standard of care. This document is based on consensus among perinatal experts throughout the world, and serves as a guideline for use in clinical practice.


2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina De Robertis ◽  
Cihat Şen ◽  
Ilan Timor-Tritsch ◽  
Rabih Chaoui ◽  
Paolo Volpe ◽  
...  

These practice guidelines follow the mission of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine (WAPM) in collaboration with the Perinatal Medicine Foundation, bringing together groups and individuals throughout the world, with the goal of improving the ultrasound assessment of the fetal central nervous system (CNS) anatomy. In fact, this document provides further guidance for healthcare practitioners for the evaluation of the fetal CNS during the mid-trimester ultrasound scan with the aim to increase the ability in evaluating normal fetal anatomy. Therefore, it is not intended to establish a legal standard of care. This document is based on consensus among perinatal experts throughout the world, and serves as a guideline for use in clinical practice.


Author(s):  
Julia M. Núñez-Tabales ◽  
Fernando J. Fuentes-García ◽  
Guzmán A. Muñoz-Fernández ◽  
Sandra M. Sánchez-Cañizares

El presente trabajo se centra en el método del caso aplicado al ámbito universitario, en concreto a estudiantes de disciplinas relacionadas con la empresa. En primer lugar se efectúa una revisión de las principales aportaciones conceptuales a esta metodología desde sus orígenes en la escuela de negocios de Harvard. Los autores de esta investigación defienden la utilización de casos basados en empresas reales mediante la elaboración propia de los mismos, describiéndose el proceso de desarrollo de un caso de empresa, susceptible de utilización posterior en el aula, para ello es imprescindible observar las recomendaciones efectuadas por The World Association for Case Method Research and Application (WACRA), así como una serie de aspectos fruto de la experiencia de los autores. Seguidamente se exponen las fases en las que tiene lugar la implementación del caso para después resaltar las reflexiones finales en relación con lo anterior.


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