TY - JOUR
T1 - Screening obstetric ultrasound training for a 5-country cluster randomized controlled trial
AU - Nathan, Robert
AU - Swanson, Jonathan O.
AU - Marks, William
AU - Goldsmith, Nicole
AU - Vance, Cheryl
AU - Sserwanga, Ntale Brian
AU - Swanson, David
AU - McClure, Elizabeth M.
AU - Franklin, Holly
AU - Mirza, Waseem
AU - Mwenechanya, Musaku
AU - Muyodi, David
AU - Figuero, Lester
AU - Bolamba, Victor Lokomba
AU - Goldenberg, Robert L.
AU - Pineda, Irma Sayury
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2014/12/11
Y1 - 2014/12/11
N2 - 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-naBve, nonphysician healthcare professionals atmidlevel 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.
AB - 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-naBve, nonphysician healthcare professionals atmidlevel 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.
KW - Complicated pregnancy
KW - Low and middle income countries
KW - Screening obstetric ultrasound
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84917736387
U2 - 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000096
DO - 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000096
M3 - Article
C2 - 25415862
AN - SCOPUS:84917736387
SN - 0894-8771
VL - 30
SP - 262
EP - 266
JO - Ultrasound Quarterly
JF - Ultrasound Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -