Intrapartum Ultrasonography for Labor Management

Antonio Malvasi graduated in Medicine on October 13th 1983 with first class honours at the University of Bari. Specialized in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with honours at the School of Medicine, University of Bari, Italy, on 18 th October 1987. Specialized, in 1991, in Biochemical and Biophysical monitoring of the Foetus at the University of Bari, Italy. Senior Assistant of the Gynecology and Obstetric Department of “Santa Maria” Hospital, Bari, Italy from June 1st 2002 till now. NESA diplomat and partner. Visiting Professor at Department of Gynecology and Obstetric, University of Perugia, Italy. Director from 2005 to 2008 of Drawing Medical School, at University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. Author of: 6 textbooks, more than of 90 paper published in high ranked journals, 30 Book’ chapters. He has an impact factor of 150 and an h-factor of 10.

• Clinical Evaluation of Labor and Intrapartum Sonography.- General Setup of Intrapartum Sonography and Its Utilization in Labor.- The Use of Ultrasound in the Latent and Active Phase in the First Stage of Labor.- Intrapartum Sonography and Labor Progression.- Occiput Posterior Position and Intrapartum Sonography.- Asinclytism Clinical and Intrapartum Diagnosis in Labor.- The Angle of Progression: An Objective Assessment of Fetal Head Descent in the Birth Canal.- Head Rotation in Labour and Intrapartum Sonography Diagnosis with 2D and 3D.- The Progress of Labour Using Intrapartum Translabial Ultrasound, Assessing Head Station, Direction, and Angle of Descent.- The Use of Intrapartum Sonography Cervical Lenght.- Intrapartum Sonography and Obstetric Risk Management.- New Technologies for Labour Management.