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EARLY DIAGNOSIS of FETAL ANOMALIES 2022: Total Reimagination of the Current Clinical Practice
5th EARLY FETAL SCAN CONFERENCE 22-23 & 29-30 October 2022 – livestream
Director: Dr Fred Ushakov (London, UK)
The main Topics of the Conference: Early Fetal Scan: Past, present and future: • Crisis of Fetal Medicine: 1st Trimester Screening • 1st trimester ultrasound in Post NT Era • Alternative approaches to 1st trimester screening • Update on new ultrasound technologies for 1st trimester diagnosis NT legacy: • NT thickness measurement in the era of NIPT: do we need to spent time for it? • Fetal fluid collections: skin edema, cystic hygroma, jugular lymphatic cysts, pleural effusions, pericardial effusions, ascites – why we are talking only about NT? • Management of fetuses with increased NT or early hydrops • Increased NT at 10 week scan Early Fetal Scan: practical perspective: • Embryonic Scan at 7-9 week: introduction for anomaly scan at Carnegie stages 22-23 • Advanced 10 week scan • Problematic 11 week scan: how to resolve the problem of resolution • What will replace 11-13 weeks nuchal scan? Is it really 13 weeks anomaly scan? • 11-13 week or 14–16 week early anomaly scan: pros and cons • New structural assessment protocol for 1st trimester anomaly scan Pragmatic use of NIPT in common practice: • Misuse of NIPT • Update on advanced NIPT products • The best timing for NIPT: 10 weeks vs 13 weeks • Problems with NIPT in common practice: how to avoid them • Extended NIPT arrays • Ultrasound scan before NIPT • Abnormal NIPT or CVS results and normal screening scan: what to do? Early diagnosis of anomalies: • Spina bifida: early screening or fetal surgery? • Do we have conflict of interests? • Which anomalies must be detected before 18 weeks? • Conditions, which are better to miss before 20 weeks • Early fetal neurosonography: 3D “Store and Scroll” approach 13 years of expertise • Anomalies detectable only in the 1st trimester Early diagnosis and management of congenital heart defects: • Screening for CHD and Early Echocardiography • Screening for CHD in the 1st trimester: update on literature and tips and tricks • Early screening for CHD and referral pathway: who will do fetal echocardiography? • Transvaginal fetal echocardiography: transducer selection, settings and technical tips and tricks • ISUOG guidelines on ultrasound safety: urgent need for correction • How to train professionals?
Highlights of the conference • Leading annual international event devoted to early screening, diagnosis and management of fetal anomalies • Four days of livestream • Live scanning • Important anomalies 22 cases discussions • From 8 to 16 weeks: why, when, and how to diagnose fetal anomalies • 9-11 weeks anomaly scan • Live Q&A
