Description: Study of normal anatomy and anatomic variants, physiology, pathology and pathophysiology of the gravid pelvis and fetus during second and third trimesters as related to sonography. Focus on fetal biometry, fetal size and age assessment, fetal maturity of second and third trimester, conditions involving multiple gestations, fetal abnormalities, and effects of maternal disease on the pregnancy. Also includes sonographic procedures for amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, Doppler and color Doppler applications of uterine artery, umbilical cord and fetal aorta. Ethical issues in obstetric sonography and support of parental-fetal bonding discussed.
Prerequisites: DMS-1500 Gynecologic and Obstetrical Sonography; and concurrent enrollment in DMS-2300 Intermediate Sonographic Scanning, and concurent enrollment in DMS-2310 Gyn/OB Sonographic Scanning.
Hours: 4 Lecture: 4
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