Re: Nuchal Translucency
From: Philippe Coquel (philippe.coquel@wanadoo.fr)
Thu Aug 30 09:03:48 2001
I think so
BUT you have: stations, tracks, engines and cars
Cross your continent like one hundred years ago. You can do it
Ph Coquel,MD
>----- Original Message -----
From: "art fougner, md" <evsono@pipeline.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND"
<ultrasound@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: Nuchal Translucency
> in the US we're apparently still waitin at the station.
>
> art
>
> At Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Philippe Coquel wrote:
> >
> >I give you some precisions
> >In France, the 12 wa examination is a standard and include nuchal
> >translucency measure.
> >Most of physicians interested by fetal ultrasonography use the King' s
> >college tools and MoM
> >The others use 3 mm cut-off
> >The most important problem is the integration and the combinaison of
results
> >of the nuchal translucency measure with the results of biochemical
screening
> >to avoid useless amniocentesis and the death of normal fetus if you use
> >separately the results of the two tests and you choose the worse .
> >Currently, the biochemical screening is realised at 15-16 wa.
> >We think that the time will soon come when biochemical screening will be
> >achieved at 12 wa, like in the King's college protocols (PAPA)
> >
> >There is always inertia in diffusion of medical techniques, above all
when
> >there are medicolegal implications
> >In the trains, there are engine(s) and caboose(s). 3 mm cut-off is in
the
> >caboose. But all are on the train
> >
> >Ph Coquel,MD
> >
>> >>----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Doc Gynéco" <jmbr@wanadoo.fr>
> >To: "Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND"
> ><ultrasound@mail.medispecialty.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:44 PM
> >Subject: Re: Nuchal Translucency
> >
> >> --> Message de Philippe Coquel :
> >>
> >> > In France, we use the MoM to analyse nuchal translucency
> >>
> >> Joke isn't it ! I'm laughing out loud.
> >>
> >> Some of us (in France) work like that but the majority don't.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bien tropicalement,
> >> Dr J-M BRIDERON (MD) Gyn-Obs
> >> ECHOLIST : liste de diffusion sur l'echographie gyn-obs
> >> http://www.gyneweb.fr/echolist.htm
> >>
>
> --
> art fougner, md
>
> A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote.
