TY - JOUR
T1 - Fetal Heart Rate and Amniotic Fluid Volume Measurements with a Home Ultrasound Device
AU - Pardo, Anat
AU - Nahum Fridland, Shir
AU - Rak, Or Lee
AU - Klochendler Frishman, Emilie
AU - Zafrir Danieli, Hadar
AU - Shmueli, Anat
AU - Barbash-Hazan, Shiri
AU - Wiznitzer, Arnon
AU - Walfisch, Asnat
AU - Sela, Tomer
AU - Wolff, Leor
AU - Hadar, Eran
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024. The Author(s).
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Objective Pulsenmore ES is a self-scanning ultrasound (US) system for remote fetal assessment. It comprises a handheld transducer that serves as a smartphone cradle coupled with an application and clinician's web-viewer dashboard. Recently, a novel capability was added to the system allowing offline fetal heart rate (FHR) and maximal vertical pocket (MVP) measurements. The aim of this study was to evaluate these tools for usability and accuracy. Study Design A prospective, non-randomized, non-blinded clinical study design was used. Pulsenmore ES scans were obtained by non-professional laypersons in app-guided (AG) mode (user follows video tutorials in the application) or clinician-guided (CG) mode (user is guided by a health care professional in a real-time telemedicine visit). The scans were stored on a cloud for later interpretation by a health care professional. Each self-scan was immediately followed by a standard US scan performed by a clinician. The asynchronous FHR and MVP measurements made on the AG and CG scans through the designated dashboard were analyzed and compared with the real-time, in-clinic (INC) measurements. Results The cohort included 28 women. Rates of successful utilization of the Pulsenmore tool for measurement of FHR were 84.7 ± 11.24% of scans made in AG mode and 96.3 ± 6.35% of scans made in CG mode. Corresponding values for MVP were 91.7 ± 2.31% and 95.0 ± 1.73%. FHR accuracy (difference from INC values) was 10.8 ± 7.5 beats per minute (bpm; 7.2%) in AG mode and 5.8 ± 5.1 bpm (4%) in CG mode. MVP accuracy was 1.3 ± 1.4 cm (22%) and 0.9 ± 0.8 cm (14%), respectively. Sensitivity (87.5% and 100% in AG and CG modes, respectively) and specificity (95% and 95.5% in AG and CG modes, respectively) were established for MVP. Conclusion FHR and MVP measurements obtained from scans captured by the self-operated Pulsenmore ES ultrasound platform are highly accurate and reliable for clinical use relative to standard INC measurements.
AB - Objective Pulsenmore ES is a self-scanning ultrasound (US) system for remote fetal assessment. It comprises a handheld transducer that serves as a smartphone cradle coupled with an application and clinician's web-viewer dashboard. Recently, a novel capability was added to the system allowing offline fetal heart rate (FHR) and maximal vertical pocket (MVP) measurements. The aim of this study was to evaluate these tools for usability and accuracy. Study Design A prospective, non-randomized, non-blinded clinical study design was used. Pulsenmore ES scans were obtained by non-professional laypersons in app-guided (AG) mode (user follows video tutorials in the application) or clinician-guided (CG) mode (user is guided by a health care professional in a real-time telemedicine visit). The scans were stored on a cloud for later interpretation by a health care professional. Each self-scan was immediately followed by a standard US scan performed by a clinician. The asynchronous FHR and MVP measurements made on the AG and CG scans through the designated dashboard were analyzed and compared with the real-time, in-clinic (INC) measurements. Results The cohort included 28 women. Rates of successful utilization of the Pulsenmore tool for measurement of FHR were 84.7 ± 11.24% of scans made in AG mode and 96.3 ± 6.35% of scans made in CG mode. Corresponding values for MVP were 91.7 ± 2.31% and 95.0 ± 1.73%. FHR accuracy (difference from INC values) was 10.8 ± 7.5 beats per minute (bpm; 7.2%) in AG mode and 5.8 ± 5.1 bpm (4%) in CG mode. MVP accuracy was 1.3 ± 1.4 cm (22%) and 0.9 ± 0.8 cm (14%), respectively. Sensitivity (87.5% and 100% in AG and CG modes, respectively) and specificity (95% and 95.5% in AG and CG modes, respectively) were established for MVP. Conclusion FHR and MVP measurements obtained from scans captured by the self-operated Pulsenmore ES ultrasound platform are highly accurate and reliable for clinical use relative to standard INC measurements.
KW - amniotic fluid volume
KW - fetal heart rate
KW - home
KW - maximal vertical pocket
KW - mobile
KW - ultrasound
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U2 - 10.1055/a-2469-0887
DO - 10.1055/a-2469-0887
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C2 - 39561972
AN - SCOPUS:85214398188
SN - 0735-1631
JO - American Journal of Perinatology
JF - American Journal of Perinatology
ER -