Quality assessment of fetal middle cerebral and umbilical artery Doppler images using an objective scale within an international randomized controlled trial
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Rial Crestelo, M.
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Morales Rosello, J.
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Hernández Andrade, E.
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Prefumo, F.
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Oros, D.
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Caffici, D.
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Sotiriadis, A.
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Zohav, E.
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Cruz Martínez, R.
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Parra Cordero, M.
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Lubusky, M.
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Kacerovsky, M.
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Figueras, F.
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2020-08-17T21:07:47Z
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2020-08-17T21:07:47Z
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2020
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Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2020
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10.1002/uog.20370
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/176456
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Objectives To determine the quality of Doppler images of the fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) and umbilical artery (UA) using an objective scale, and to determine the reliability of this scale, within a multicenter randomized controlled trial (Revealed versus concealed criteria for placental insufficiency in unselected obstetric population in late pregnancy (Ratio37)). Methods The Ratio37 trial is an ongoing randomized, open-label, multicenter controlled study of women with a low-risk pregnancy recruited at 20 weeks. Doppler measurements of the fetal MCA and UA were performed at 37 weeks. Twenty patients from each of the six participating centers were selected randomly, with two images evaluated per patient (one each for the MCA and UA). The quality of a total of 240 images was evaluated by six experts, scored on an objective scale of six items. Inter- and intrarater reliability was assessed using the Fleiss-modified kappa statistic for ordinal scales. Results On average, 89.2% of MCA images and 85.0% of UA images were rated as being of perfect (score of 6) or almost perfect (score of 5) quality. Kappa values for intrarater reliability of quality assessment were 0.90 (95% CI, 0.88-0.92) and 0.90 (95% CI, 0.88-0.93) for the MCA and UA, respectively. The corresponding inter-rater reliability values were 0.85 (95% CI, 0.81-0.89) and 0.84 (95% CI, 0.80-0.89), respectively. Conclusion The quality of MCA and UA Doppler ultrasound images can be evaluated reliably using an objective scale. Over 85% of images, which were obtained by operators from a broad range of clinical practices within a multicenter study, were rated as being of perfect or almost perfect quality. Intra- and inter-rater reliability of quality assessment was very good.
Quality assessment of fetal middle cerebral and umbilical artery Doppler images using an objective scale within an international randomized controlled trial