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Routine third-trimester ultrasound is frequently offered to pregnant women to identify fetuses with abnormal growth. Infrequently, a congenital anomaly is incidentally detected.

To establish the prevalence and type of fetal anomalies detected during routine third-trimester scans using a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase and the Cochrane library) from inception until August 2019.

Population-based studies (randomised control trials, prospective and retrospective cohorts) reporting abnormalities detected at the routine third-trimester ultrasound performed in unselected populations with prior screening. Case reports, case series, case-control studies and reviews without original data were excluded.

Prevalence and type of anomalies detected in the third trimester. We calculated pooled prevalence as the number of anomalies per 1000 scans with 95% confidence intervals. Publication bias was assessed.

The literature search identified 9594 citations 13 studies were eligible representing 141717 women; 643 were diagnosed with an unexpected abnormality. The pooled prevalence of a new abnormality diagnosed was 3.68 per 1000 women scanned (95% CI 2.72-4.78). The largest groups of abnormalities were urogenital (55%), central nervous system abnormalities (18%) and cardiac abnormalities (14%).

Combining data from 13 studies and over 140000 women, we show that during routine third-trimester ultrasound, an incidental fetal anomaly will be found in about 1 in 300 scanned women. This information should be taken into account when taking consent from women for third-trimester ultrasound and when designing and assessing cost of third-trimester ultrasound screening programmes.

One in 300 women attending a third-trimester scan will have a finding of a fetal abnormality.

One in 300 women attending a third-trimester scan will have a finding of a fetal abnormality.

To compare neonatal outcomes of women with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥35kg/m

who underwent a trial of labour with those of women who underwent a planned primary caesarean section (CS).

A retrospective cohort study of births between April 2012 and March 2014.

A provincial database Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario, Canada.

A cohort of 8752 women with a BMI of ≥35kg/m

who had a singleton birth at 38-42weeks of gestation.

Neonatal outcomes were compared between women who underwent a trial of labour (with either a successful vaginal birth or intrapartum CS) and those who underwent a planned CS.

A composite of any of the following outcomes intrapartum neonatal death, neonatal intensive care unit admission, 5-minute Apgar score of <7 or umbilical artery pH of <7.1.

During the study period, 8433 (96.4%) women had a trial of labour and 319 (3.6%) had a planned CS. Intrapartum CS was performed in 1644 (19.5%) cases. There was no association between planned mode of delivery and the primary outcome (aOR0.80, 95%CI 0.59-1.07). The primary outcome was lower among women who had a successful trial of labour (aOR0.67, 95%CI 0.50-0.91) and was higher among women who had a failed trial of labour (aOR1.74, 95%CI 1.21-2.48), compared with women who underwent a planned CS.

In women with a BMI of ≥35kg/m

at a gestational age of 38-42weeks, neonatal outcomes are comparable between planned vaginal delivery and planned CS, although a failed trial of labour is at risk of adverse neonatal outcome.

Neonatal outcomes are not affected by planned mode of delivery in women who are obese, with a BMI of ≥35kg/m

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Neonatal outcomes are not affected by planned mode of delivery in women who are obese, with a BMI of ≥35 kg/m2 .

Although mental health clinics are under increasing pressure to demonstrate value and routine outcome monitoring (ROM) has become a mandated component of care, providers have been slow to adopt ROM into practice, with some estimating that less than 20% of mental health clinicians use it consistently in the United States. Novobiocin in vivo This article explores perceived barriers and facilitators to integrating ROM into practice among clinicians and administrators in a large urban US community psychiatry clinic.

One hundred and thirty-eight clinical and administrative staff were administered an anonymous web-based survey to elicit attitudes towards ROM. Responses were summarized descriptively and qualitatively synthesized into a conceptual model using inductive thematic analysis.

Common barriers to integration included insufficient time to collect and/or use measures, not knowing what measures to use, measures being difficult to access, and insufficient training. Facilitators included increased access/ease of use, training and support, measure relevance/validity, and accountability.

In order for psychiatry clinics to successfully implement ROM into practice, they must diagnose organization-side barriers and translate this knowledge into actionable quality improvement initiatives ranging from the infrastructural to the cultural.

In order for psychiatry clinics to successfully implement ROM into practice, they must diagnose organization-side barriers and translate this knowledge into actionable quality improvement initiatives ranging from the infrastructural to the cultural.Caspase-3 is a well-described protease with many roles that impact the fate of a cell. During apoptosis, caspase-3 acts as an executioner caspase with important proteolytic functions that lead to the final stages of programmed cell death. Owing to this key role, caspase-3 is exploited intracellularly as a target of control of apoptosis for therapeutic outcomes. Yet the activation of caspase-3 during apoptosis is challenged by other roles and functions (e.g., paracrine signaling). This brief report presents a way to track caspase-3 levels using a flow cytometer that measures excited state fluorescence lifetimes and a signal processing approach that leads to a graphical phasor-based interpretation. An established Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) bioprobe was used for this test; the connected donor and acceptor fluorophore is cleavable by caspase-3 during apoptosis induction. With the cell-by-cell decay kinetic data and phasor analyses we generate a caspase activation trajectory, which is used to interpret activation throughout apoptosis.