The information on the ultrasound of your yet to be born baby is used to “predict” what the baby’s urological needs will be*:

Will they be minor?               – within most general doctors' expertise and so do not need specialty urological care  as kidney ultrasound and bladder X-ray likely to be normal

Will they be significant?       – beyond most general doctors' expertise and involve pediatric urological consultation as kidney ultrasound and \ or bladder X-ray are likely to be abnormal

We will also provide a detailed list of the most common baby diagnoses associated with the ultrasound information you have give us.

For your information this is how your doctors view ultrasound information.                                       

KIDNEYS VIEWS BY THEIR LENGTH	KIDNEY PELVIS VIEWED BY THEIR WIDTH
	THE LIKLIHOOD OF THE NEWBORN NEEDING UROLOGICAL CARE IS PREDICTED BY COMPARING: LEVEL OF URINE ACCUMULATION (VIEWED BY WIDTH OF KIDNEYS) (COLORED LINE) BY NUMBER OF WEEKS PREGNANT
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR FOR SPECIFICS ON polar kidney length bladder size if there is          progression in pyelectasis          hydronephrosis          renal duplication

References

1. LATE SECOND TRIMESTER ASSESSMENT OF PYELECTASIS (SERP) TO PREDICT PEDIATRIC UROLOGICAL OUTCOME IS IMPROVED BY CHECKING ADDITIONAL FEATURES

MAX MAIZELS, EILEEN WANG, RUDY E. SABBAGHA, MARA DINSMOOR, ROOPA SESHADRI4, NORMAN GINSBERG, DANIEL GAUTHIER, AND JACQUES ABRAMOWICZ

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine May, 2006 19(5):295-303

Division of Urology and Institute for Fetal Health, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA, Pediatrics & Preventive Medicine, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, 5Maternal Fetal Medicine, Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, IL, USA, and 6Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 

 

2. Fetal bladder sagittal length: a simple monitor to assess normal and enlarged fetal bladder size, forecast clinical outcome.  Maizels M, Alpert SA, Houston JT, Sabbagha RE, Parilla BV, MacGregor SN.: J Urol. 2004 Nov;172(5 Pt 1): 1995-9. PMID: 15540775.
 

 3. Isolated fetal pyelectasis: Assessment of risk for postnatal uropathy and Down syndrome.

Wickstrom E, Maizels M, Sabbagha RE, Tamura RK, Cohen LC, Pergament E.

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 1996;8:236–240.

 

 

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