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A Preliminary Study on the Safety of Elastography during Pregnancy: Hypoacusia, Anthropometry, and Apgar Score in Newborns.
Massó, Paloma; Melchor, Juan; Rus, Guillermo; Molina, Francisca Sonia.
Afiliación
  • Massó P; Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain.
  • Melchor J; Biomechanics Group (TEC-12), Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria, ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain.
  • Rus G; Biomechanics Group (TEC-12), Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria, ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain.
  • Molina FS; Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Diagnostics (Basel) ; 10(11)2020 Nov 18.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33218002
ABSTRACT
Transient or acoustic radiation force elastography (ARFE) is becoming the most extended technology to assess cervical effacement, additionally to the Bishop test and conventional ultrasound. However, a debate on the fetal safety has been opened due to the high intensity focused beam emitted to produce shear waves. This work is aimed at providing preliminary data to assess clinical effects of fetal exposure. A follow-up study in newborns of 42 women exposed to ARFE during pregnancy was carried out to explore neonatal hypoacusia, Apgar test, and anthropometry. No hypoacusia cases attributable to ARFE were observed. The Apgar test at five minutes scored normally in all the newborns. Comparisons between anthropometric measurements showed no significant statistically differences. The results preclude to state the harmfulness nor the safety of ARFE. However, given the concern on the high level of energy and the potential risk of harmful bioeffects, larger studies are recommended.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Diagnostics (Basel) Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: España

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Diagnostics (Basel) Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: España