OB (Early 1st Trimester Sono Appearance) Flashcards
What weeks is the 1st trimester?
0-13 weeks
What do we scan in the 1st trimester assessment?
Gestational Sac:
- presence (confirm IUP)
- #
- size (gestational age)
Embryo:
- size (gestational age)
- cardiac activity
Maternal Structures:
- uterus, cervix, ovaries and adnexa
- fibroids, cysts, ectopic pregnancies, molar pregnancies, etc.
Patient Prep.
- no fasting
- full badder (transabdo)
- empty bladder (transvag)
Questions to Ask
- positive pregnancy test
- LMP
- gravidity, parity, abortus
- pain or bleeding
- medications
- previous C section
- complications with previous pregnancies
What order do embryonic structures become visible?
1) decimal reaction
2) gestational sac
3) yolk sac
4) embryo
What days does implantation occur?
-20 to 23
How big is the conceptus at the end of implantation?
- 0.1mm
- not visible
What is the 1st reliable sign of an intrauterine pregnancy?
-gestational sac
When is the visible gestational sac visible?
- 4.5 to 5 weeks
- once the mean sac diameter reaches 2 to 3 mm
Where is the gestational sac seen?
- within decide
- intradecidual sac sign (IDSS)
What must we differentiate the GS from?
- pseudogestational sac
- decidual cysts
Pseudogestational Sac
- sm amount of fluid in endometrial cavity
- between endometrial layers
Decidual Cysts
-sm cysts that can form within decimal reaction
A true gestational sac will be…
- round/oval
- eccentric
- directly adjacent to endometrial lining
- develop a yolk sac and embryo
- develops a double decidual sac sign
Double Decidual Sac Sign (DDSS)
- confirms intrauterine pregnancy
- 2 concentric rings surrounding gestational sac
- consists of decide parietals and decide capsularis
- can differentiate abevbryonic pole and embryonic pole (site of future placental development)
Mean Sac Diameter (MSD)
- common mode of measurement
- 3 perpendicular planes
- inner to inner (only fluid/anechoic part)
MSD= (L+W+H)/3
What weeks can MSD be used?
-5 to 10
How much does the gestational sac grow a day?
-1mm
How many weeks if the MSD is 2mm?
-GA= 4 to 4.5 weeks