Protocols and other useful information

This part of the website will be expanded as time goes on. Please let us know if there is any particular protocol or information you would to see like published by sending an email to info@maternalfetal.co.za.

12w sonar

We use the Fetal Medicine Foundation protocol and algorithm for the calculation of the risk of Down’s syndrome in the first trimester.

20w sonar

Here, you can find a protocol for the structural fetal ultrasound which had been developed in Utrecht, and adapted for South African conditions. It also includes information on fetal echocardiography and neurosonography.

Fetal abnormalities

This is no text book (follow the link to download a free text book), also no replacement for excellent sites such as  VISUOG, but interesting and useful information for the connoiseur.

• Cardiac outflow anomalies – an exellent summary table  with links to video clips by Cathy Cluver and her Australian colleagues
• Renal cystic disease– another exellent summary table  with links to video clips by Cathy Cluver and her Australian colleagues

Useful links

Perinatal care calculators from Perinatology.com