Elizabeth Daly-Jones
1 Ultrasound Department, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK
2 Fetal Medicine Center, Clinica Las Condes, Casilla 208, Santiago 20, Chile. fetalmed@yahoo.com
“…Vasa Praevia can have the catastrophic consequences of a fetal or neonatal death. There are few antenatal diagnoses whereby ultrasound can have such a direct impact on outcome and dramatically increase the chances of survival in pregnancies affected by this condition. The exclusion of Vasa Praevia can take under a minute and its inclusion within the routine anomaly scan should be prioritised. Until this occurs, healthy babies will continue to die due to this condition…”
(February 2008 – BMUS Joumal “Ultrasound” 2008; 16{1 1: 8-14)
