Find out more about the First trimester Ultrasound topics and speakers and supplement your learning with ISUOG guidelines, VISUOG articles and ISUOG lectures.
Program
13:30-15:30 MDT, 18 April, 2021
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The anatomic survey at 11-14 weeks: Anomalies that should not be missed - Jon Hyett
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Screening for first trimester spina bifida: Making sense of so many markers - Simon Meagher
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Imaging of the fetal heart at 11-14 weeks - Alfred Abuhamad
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The first trimester scan in Canada: What should our standard be? - Nan Okun, Tim Van Mieghem
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Cell-free DNA: Accuracy and impact on prenatal ultrasound - Jo-Ann Johnson, Julie Lauzon
Supplement your learning - First trimester ultrasound
Supplement your learning with the following learning resource, including exlusively-released video content from ISUOG courses and Congresses, UOG articles and ISUOG guidelines.
Video lectures
Scan demonstration: First trimester scan through the eyes of a master (S. Meagher, AUS)
Watch this exclusively released lecture , delivered at ISUOG's 30th Virtual World Congress. Other resources available below.
ISUOG guidelines and UOG articles
- ISUOG updated consensus statement on the impact of cfDNA aneuploidy testing on screening policies and prenatal ultrasound practice UOG: Volume 41, Issue 1 Date: January 2013.
- Performance of first-trimester fetal ultrasound scan UOG: Volume 49, Issue 6 Date: June 2017.
Search 'Practice Guidelines: Performance of First-Trimester Fetal Ultrasound Scan' on ISUOG Academy to earn CME points with the linked activity.
- Ratio of fetal choroid plexus to head size: simple sonographic marker of open spina bifida at 11–13 weeks' gestation UOG: Volume 55, Issue 1 Date: January 2020.
- Should cell‐free DNA testing be used in pregnancy with increased fetal nuchal translucency? UOG: Volume 55, Issue 5 Date: May 2020.
- Sonographic detection of fetal abnormalities before 11 weeks of gestation UOG: Volume 55, Issue 5 Date: May 2020.
- Diagnosis of fetal defects in twin pregnancies at routine 11–13‐week ultrasound examination UOG: Volume 55, Issue 4 Date: April 2020.
- Integration of nuchal translucency screening into the first‐trimester fetal anatomy scan: the time has come UOG: Volume 57, Issue 1 Date: January 2021.
CME activity
Earn CME points by searching and completing the following activities on the ISUOG Academy learning management system:
- CME Activity - Effectiveness of 12–13-Week Scan for Early Diagnosis of Fetal Congenital Anomalies in the Cell-free DNA Era
- CME Activity: What is the Value of the First Trimester Scan Today?
- CME Activity: Early First Trimester Detection of Fetal Malformation 8-11 Weeks
Patient information sheets
Ultrasound in pregnancy
This leaflet is to help you understand the use of ultrasound in pregnancy, the timing of your scans, and what additional scans you might need during your pregnancy.
Normal early pregnancy ultrasound
This leaflet is to help you understand the use and goals of early pregnancy ultrasound, how to prepare for it, and what to watch out for.
ISUOG Basic Training
Explore ISUOG's Basic Training curriculum for a comprehensive foundation in first trimester ultrasound.
Become a member to have access to all our educational resources and lectures from previous congresses and courses. Become a journal member to have full online access to all articles from Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.