ALLMedicine™ External Cephalic Version Center

May 3rd, 2022 - Subjects will be: Pregnant women, age >18 years, with a singleton pregnancy at >36 weeks gestational age, healthy (American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status class II), with an otherwise uncomplicated pregnancy (i.e. no fetal abnormalit...

Mar 23rd, 2022 - External cephalic version (ECV) is a technique used to reduce the incidence of cesarean deliveries due to malpresentation. Nitrous oxide is an inhaled analgesic that may be used for pain relief for women undergoing external cephalic version. To co...

Mar 15th, 2022 - Several adjuvant interventions have been evaluated for improving the success rate of the external cephalic version (ECV) and reducing the rate of cesarean delivery (CD). Evidence regarding the effect of Nitrous oxide is limited to a small number o...

Feb 4th, 2022 - To investigate if a hospital-initiated home-based rebozo intervention performed by the pregnant woman and her partner before external cephalic version (ECV) would increase the rate of cephalic presentations at birth. A multicentre randomised contr...

Jan 26th, 2022 - To evaluate the use of external cephalic version (ECV) in Portuguese public hospitals with maternity services, as well as exploring the main motives for not offering the technique. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted involving an o...

Apr 26th, 2020 - In the United States, there is a widespread belief that the overall cesarean birth rate is higher than necessary. Efforts are being directed toward decreasing the number of these procedures, in part by encouraging physicians to make changes in the...

Jul 26th, 2018 - There is a trend in the United States to perform cesarean delivery for term singleton fetuses in a breech presentation. The number of practitioners with the skills and experience to perform vaginal breech delivery has decreased. The decision regar...

May 3rd, 2022 - Subjects will be: Pregnant women, age >18 years, with a singleton pregnancy at >36 weeks gestational age, healthy (American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status class II), with an otherwise uncomplicated pregnancy (i.e. no fetal abnormalit...

May 10th, 2021 - Usually, the training of obstetrical maneuvers are done "one the job" according to the situations encountered in the clinical practice during postgraduate training. This has some disadvantages like inequality of exposure to these situations, inade...

Oct 9th, 2020 - Breech presentation occurs in approximately 3-4% of term pregnancies and leads to one of the most common indications for cesarean delivery. Attempting an external cephalic version (ECV) significantly increases the chance of cephalic presentation a...

Apr 24th, 2020 - Pre- procedure all parturients will be asked to be fasting for 8 hours for solid and 2 hours for clear liquids. Before ECV (as routinely done in ECV procedure), a cardiotocogram (CTG) and obstetric ultrasound will be done to confirm the fetal well...

Oct 30th, 2019 - Study Procedures: Potential subjects will be identified as they are scheduled to undergo ECV at the UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Subjects will be enrolled in the study by one of the study investigators. Details of the study will be...

Feb 15th, 2021 - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance on routine antenatal care for healthy women. Ultrasound Offer an ultrasound scan for between 11+2 weeks and 14+1 weeks to: determine gestational age; detect ...

Oct 26th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with previous cesarean delivery are not significantly more likely to fail external cephalic version for breech presentation, although their rate of vaginal delivery is lower, according to pooled data from eight st...

Oct 26th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with previous cesarean delivery are not significantly more likely to fail external cephalic version for breech presentation, although their rate of vaginal delivery is lower, according to pooled data from eight st...

May 1st, 2019 - External cephalic version in breech pregnancies is more likely to succeed in multiparous women with a lower body mass index (BMI) who have a larger forebag, according to results of a single-center retrospective study. Writing in Obstetrics & Gynec.

May 1st, 2019 - External cephalic version in breech pregnancies is more likely to succeed in multiparous women with a lower body mass index (BMI) who have a larger forebag, according to results of a single-center retrospective study. Writing in Obstetrics & Gynec.