Nathan Robert, Swanson Jonathan O, Marks William, Goldsmith Nicole, Vance Cheryl, Sserwanga Ntale Brian, Swanson David, McClure Elizabeth M, Franklin Holly, Mirza Waseem, Mwenechanya Musaku, Muyodi David, Figuero Lester, Bolamba Victor Lokomba, Goldenberg Robert L, Pineda Irma Sayury
*Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; †Radia, Seattle, WA; ‡University of Washington, Seattle, WA; §C&D Advance Consultants, LLC, San Antonio, TX; ∥Millennium Village Project, Ruhirra, Uganda; ¶Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC; #Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; **Department of Pediatrics, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia; ††Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, Kenya; ‡‡Fundación para la Alimentación y Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (FANCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala; §§Département de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo; and ∥∥Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Ultrasound Q. 2014 Dec;30(4):262-6. doi: 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000096.
With decreased equipment cost, provision of ultrasound is now feasible in some low resource settings. Screening obstetric ultrasound may identify potential pregnancy complications and, with this knowledge, allow women to plan to deliver at the appropriate level of care. In this article, we describe a 10-day course with quality assurance activities to train ultrasound-naïve, nonphysician healthcare professionals at midlevel health facilities to perform screening obstetric ultrasound. Those trained will participate in a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of screening obstetric ultrasound on maternal and newborn outcomes.
随着设备成本的降低,现在在一些资源匮乏地区提供超声检查已成为可能。产科超声筛查可以识别潜在的妊娠并发症,基于这些信息,可让孕妇计划在适当的医疗水平下分娩。在本文中,我们描述了一个为期10天的课程,其中包含质量保证活动,以培训中级卫生设施中从未接触过超声检查的非医师医疗保健专业人员进行产科超声筛查。接受培训的人员将参与一项整群随机对照试验,以评估产科超声筛查对孕产妇和新生儿结局的影响。