First-Trimester Preeclampsia Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Comparison of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines vs. Simplified Fetal Medicine Foundation Algorithm
The mini-combined screening method using the FMF algorithm outperforms the NICE method in preeclampsia screening. Implementing the full FMF method, including mean arterial pressure (MAP) and placental growth factor (PLGF), is recommended based on superior performance and international literature support.
Authors
- Sundararajah Raajkumar
- Theocharis Konstantinidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6990-2585)
- Lama Daher
- Konstantinos Malligiannis Ntalianis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-2861)
- Christina Resta
- Maria Saridi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9008-824X)
- Pavlos Sarafis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9967-5152)
Institutions
- Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.81371
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00