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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

DO

English translation:

Umbilical arterial Doppler assessment / ultrasound

Added to glossary by Norwena Chiara
Mar 4, 2023 15:56
1 yr ago
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French term

DO

French to English Medical Medical (general) obstetrics/gynecology
visite obst/gyne

Biométrie ok pour la semaine 31, EPF 1700 g
Morphologie normale
DO nl, LA nl, MF, nl
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 Umbilical arterial Doppler assessment / ultrasound
4 occipito-mental diameter
3 Date of ovulation
2 occipitofrontal / occipito-frontal diameter

Discussion

Charles R. Mar 5, 2023:
I believe Althea is right... Like Sue I was mistakenly focusing on biometrics. I could not find what MF means, although it was mentioned at the end of Althea's answer.

"ÉCHOGRAPHIE DU TROISIÈME TRIMESTRE MORPHOLOGIQUE
L'échographie du troisième trimestre est une échographie elle aussi très complète.
Elle vérifie la bonne vitalité du fœtus : position, activité cardiaque, mouvements actifs.
Elle vérifie le bon développement du fœtus, avec la prise de mesures, qui rapportées à des courbes-type montre la bonne croissance de votre bébé.
Ces mesures sont maintenant bien définies, il s'agit de la largeur et du périmètre de la tête, du périmètre de l'abdomen, de la longueur du fémur.
Elle recherche des anomalies morphologiques au niveau des différents organes : crâne, encéphale, bouche, estomac, reins, vessie, membres et cœur.
L’examen est complété par une étude de la localisation du placenta, de la quantité de liquide amniotique.
L’examen est complété par des Doppler analysant la bonne circulation du sang au niveau du cordon ombilical et des artères utérines."
https://www.imageriedelafemme.fr/les-examens/echographie-obs...
Charles R. Mar 4, 2023:
@ Althea You were probably right actually. I'll have another look into it tomorrow.
Kevin Oheix Mar 4, 2023:
DO : Douglas? DO : Douglas?
abbreviation used to refer to the "Douglas Pouch"

Gynecologic Oncology Handbook: An Evidence-Based Clinical Guide" by Michelle Benoit and Julian C. Schink, Page 22 - This gynecology handbook includes "DO" as an abbreviation for the Douglas pouch

I've just added notes to my first answer, just in case it could be correct.
Charles R. Mar 4, 2023:
@ Althea Mouvements fœtaux is possible indeed, in which case the list would not contain only morphological measurements.
Althea Draper Mar 4, 2023:
I took LA to mean 'liquide amniotique' and 'MF' to mean mouvements fœtaux.
Charles R. Mar 4, 2023:
I don't believe LA is likely to refer to longueur axiale, it's very likely to refer to liquide amniotique and diamètre orbitaire actually is a cranial measurement.
Sue Davis Mar 4, 2023:
yes it is. LA could be longueur axial in which case OD may refer to the eye. I just thought cranial measurements were more routine.
Charles R. Mar 4, 2023:
@Sue OK but then if we're talking about standard measurements, occipitofrontal diameter is much more usual than occipitomental diameter.
Sue Davis Mar 4, 2023:
macrosomie foetale normale could simply mean that the result of assessment for macrosomie foetale was normal
Sue Davis Mar 4, 2023:
yes ok but a) we are talking about habitual measurements of the foetus in the womb b) as we all know one acronym may stand for multiple terms. There do seem to be standard measurements made as routine? But we need more context.
Charles R. Mar 4, 2023:
@ Sue Well OK but I do not usually see diamètre occipital, it's either occipito-frontal or occipito-mental.

As for macrosomie foetale, I've thought about it but "macrosomie foetale normal"...?
Charles R. Mar 4, 2023:
DO "Objectifs: Etudier la croissance du diamètre du globe oculaire, en vérifiant si le diamètre axial (antéro-postérieur) de l'oeil foetal est comparable au diamètre transversal et, à partir des mesures obtenues, établir des courbes de référence pour le diamètre oculaire (DO), pour la distance interorbitaire moyenne (DIOM) et pour les rapports entre le DO et la DIOM d'une part et le diamètre bipariétal d'autre part (DO/BIP et DIOM/BIP) en fonction de l'âge gestationnel. [...] Ces valeurs de référence permettent de reconnaître la présence d'une microphtalmie, d'une buphtalmie, d'un hyper-, ou d'un hypotélorisme, anomalies retrouvées dans de nombreux syndromes malformatifs."
https://www.lissa.fr/rep/articles/PF_1348681
Sue Davis Mar 4, 2023:
MF could be macrosomie foetale
Sue Davis Mar 4, 2023:
Well my answer isn't diamètre occipito-frontal it is diamètre occipital which in the definition I found is in fact occipitomental. I do think it must refer to a physical measurement. However ideally we need more context.
Charles R. Mar 4, 2023:
Usually... ...DO is diamètre orbitaire or oculaire, whereas DOF is diamètre occipito-frontal. However, here I'm not sure that diamètre orbitaire would make so much sense. LA should be liquide amniotique. How about MF?

https://www.aly-abbara.com/echographie/biometrie/tableau_dia...

Proposed translations

+3
2 hrs
Selected

Umbilical arterial Doppler assessment / ultrasound

Short for 'Doppler ombilical'

The patient is 31 weeks into her pregnancy

"VII. Surveillance anténatale des RCIU et PAGEn pratique, il est difficile de distinguer un PAG d’un RCIU. Les fœtus « PAG » sontdonc à surveiller au même titre que ceux qui présentent un RCIU.Les modalités et la fréquence de surveillance des RCIU et PAG varient et sont àadapter selon la sévérité du RCIU, l’âge gestationnel et les explorations Doppler.La surveillance est basée sur les examens suivants :- le RCF- le spectre Doppler ombilical (DO), cérébral (DC) et veineux (DV)- un contrôle échographique biométrique toutes les 2 à 3 semaines"
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jZzSsU...

"DO: Doppler ombilical"
https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-00724560/document

"La mesure du Doppler ombilical (DO) peut être réalisée sur trois sites différents : en paravésical, en cordon libre ou à proximité de l’insertion placentaire."
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JjexPV...

"Échographie de bilan de RCIU :
– biométrie (BIP, CC, CA, DAT, fémur) ;
– estimation du poids fœtal (EPF) ; – RCIU modéré : EPF < 10e percentile ;
– RCIU sévère : EPF < 3e percentile ;
– morphologie fœtale complète ;
– Doppler ombilical (DO) ± cérébral (DC) :"
https://www.elsevier.com/fr-fr/connect/gyneco-sage-femme/mem...

"Umbilical arterial (UA) Doppler assessment is used in surveillance of fetal well-being in the third trimester of pregnancy. Abnormal umbilical artery Doppler is a marker of placental insufficiency and consequent intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) or suspected pre-eclampsia."
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/umbilical-arterial-doppler-...

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"L'échographie du 3ème trimestre sert à:

examiner la croissance de votre bébé en mesurant les diverses parties du corps et en estimant son poids, puis en comparant ces mesures à celles des échographies précédentes

contrôler le rythme cardiaque de votre bébé

mesurer le débit sanguin entre le placenta et votre bébé

contrôler le liquide amniotique

vérifier l'activité de votre bébé

voir les images en 3D et 4D

vous remettre des photos imprimées et numériques sans frais supplémentaires"

https://www.themedicalchambers.com/fr/spécialités/diagnostic...

"Echographie du 3eme trimestre
Idéalement réalisée à 32 SA, les objectifs de cette échographie sont les suivants​ :


vérifier le bien être fœtal, (mouvements fœtaux, doppler ombilical normal)

estimer la quantité de liquide amniotique

vérifier la localisation du placenta

vérifier la présentation du fœtus

refaire une étude morphologique afin de vérifier qu'aucune pathologie ne soit survenue depuis l'échographie du 2ème trimestre"
https://www.sagefemmebaroni.fr/echographiedatation
Peer comment(s):
neutral Sue Davis : I don't think an umbilical doppler qualifies as biometrics? On the other hand the text given is not entirely clear as to which category "DO" is in
1 hr
agree Martin Buchet : Yes of course!
5 hrs
Thanks Martin
agree Charles R. : Makes sense with MF = mouvements fœtaux
12 hrs
Thanks Charles
agree liz askew : https://www.elsevier.com/fr-fr/connect/gyneco-sage-femme/mem...
17 hrs
Thanks Liz
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3 hrs

occipito-mental diameter

Explanation:
These are clearly morphological measurements of the foetus. nl = normal

https://www.chemwatch.net/fr/resource-center/occipitomental-...

Diamètre Occipital
le diamètre de la tête fœtale depuis la protubérance occipitale externe jusqu'au milieu du mento

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so in fact the occipito-mental diameter

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK567727/#:~:text=Occipi...

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https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/occipitomen...

occipitomental diameter


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https://www.chemwatch.net/fr/resource-center/occipitomental-...

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sorry about the links please try the last chemwatch one and this one https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/occipitomen...
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4 hrs

occipitofrontal / occipito-frontal diameter

Like Sue I believe that it should refer to morphological measurements. However the occipitofrontal diameter is a much more standard measurement than the occipitomental diameter. See here for example a list of common abbreviations made for parents to understand ultrasound reports:
https://www.passeportsante.net/famille/grossesse?doc=compren...

DOF is the usual acronym, however I guess DO is possible too, even if it's normally the acronym for diamètre orbitaire.
"Diamètre occipito-frontal (DOF)
Diamètre inter-orbitaire externe (DIOE)
Diamètre orbitaire (DO)"
https://www.aly-abbara.com/echographie/biometrie/biometrie.h...
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7 mins

Date of ovulation

My guess.

The sentence "DO nl, LA nl, MF, nl" means that the date of ovulation (DO) is normal (nl), the uterus size (LA) is normal (nl), and the fetal movements (MF) are also normal (nl).

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Mention of "DO : Date d’Ovulation" below.
See chapter "Quand est-ce que la nidation se produit?"
https://www.infos-grossesse.fr/conception/signes-symptomes-n...

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DO : Douglas?

This abbreviation is commonly used to refer to the "Douglas Pouch" or "Douglas Cavity", which is a space located between the rectum and the uterus in women.

"Douglas" refers to the recto-uterine pouch, which is a small space between the rectum and the back of the uterus in women.

When a doctor mentions "Douglas normal" in a medical report or during a physical examination, it means that this space appears normal and there are no signs of any abnormalities or issues such as fluid accumulation or masses.

"Douglas normal, Liquide Amniotique normal, Membres Fœtaux normal" ?

"Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology" by Eberhard Merz and Diane Davies, Page 14 - This medical textbook uses the abbreviation "DO" to refer to the Douglas pouch.

"The Atlas of Emergency Medicine" by Kevin J. Knoop, Lawrence B. Stack, and Alan B. Storrow, Page 249 - This emergency medicine textbook also uses "DO" to refer to the Douglas pouch.

"Gynecologic Oncology Handbook: An Evidence-Based Clinical Guide" by Michelle Benoit and Julian C. Schink, Page 22 - This gynecology handbook includes "DO" as an abbreviation for the Douglas pouch.

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Douglas pouch : normal
https://fr.scribd.com/doc/291377755/pregnancy#

The pouch takes its name from Dr James Douglas, an 18th century Scottish man-midwife
https://www.jmc.qa/pregnancy/what-is-pouch-of-douglas-in-pre...
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