Fetal structural anomalies are found in up to 3% of all pregnancies and ultrasound-based
screening has been an integral part of routine prenatal care for decades. The prenatal …

Highlights•Ultrasound is essential for assessing congenital anomalies and fetal well-
being.•Maternal obesity affects ultrasound examination completion rates and …

Introduction Obstetrical ultrasound imaging is critical in identifying at-risk pregnancies and
informing clinical management. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has …

Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of completing in one session a second‐trimester
ultrasound scan in obese pregnant women, to compare the quality of images obtained with …

Aim To investigate the possible effect of maternal obesity on the accuracy of sonographically
estimated fetal weight in the third‐trimester shortly before induction of labor and to compare …

Background Fetal cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) improves the diagnosis of
congenital heart defects, but is sensitive to fetal motion due to long image acquisition time …

OBJECTIVE: To compare stillbirth rates per week of expectant management stratified by
birth weight in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) or …

OBJECTIVE. Obesity is a rapidly growing global pandemic that has surpassed all other risk
factors in obstetric care, converting 40% of pregnant women into a high-risk category, with …

Objective The objective of this article is to determine if maternal obesity is associated with an
increased risk of Down syndrome in the offspring and whether the risk estimates for trisomy …

Obesity is an increasingly common complication of pregnancy with over half of all women in
the United States starting pregnancy overweight or obese. Obese women face unique …