Fetal Doppler
LOGIQ 500 Basic Users Manual
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Fetal Doppler
Doppler Mode for Fetal Exams
Indications for Fetal Doppler use
The LOGIQ
500 system can be used for fetal examination in
Pulsed Wave Doppler, Continuous Wave Doppler, Color Flow
Doppler and Color M-Mode for the diagnosis of:
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Structural fetal cardiac anomalies (18 weeks gestation to
term) for high-risk patients.
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Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) (28 weeks gestation
to term) for high-risk patients with one or more of the
following known or suspected conditions:
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Multiple pregnancy
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Maternal hypertension
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Hydrops
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Diabetes
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Lupus
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Placenta abnormality.
Contraindications
Pulsed Wave Doppler, Continuous Wave Doppler, Color Flow
Doppler and Color M-Mode are not intended for routine fetal
examination or screening nor are they intended for fetal
examination in a low-risk population. The use of Doppler, even
at minimal output levels, in fetal examination must be adjunctive
with conventional fetal echocardiography and other clinical
diagnostic methods, for high risk patients only.