The Euroscan study

Prenatal Sonographic Detection of Birth Defects in 18 Hospitals From South America

“…Detection rates during pregnancy were similar for public and nonpublic hospitals, whereas cases were diagnosed earlier in patients from nonpublic hospitals. 40.3444/2004-7 and 40.1467/2004-0 [1][2][3][4][5] This rate varies widely among countries according to the availability of sonography and the use of prenatal screening as well as the individual parental decision to continue a pregnancy. …”

Use of prenatal diagnostic procedures in pregnancies affected with birth defects, Hawaii, 1986–2002

“…The prenatal US rate was 89% in Hawaii and 91% in Europe. The slightly lower prenatal US rate in Hawaii could be because Hawaii does not have a policy of offering prenatal US to all pregnant women, whereas many countries in Europe do (Clementi and Stoll, 2001). The differences may also be due to differences in economic and/or cultural factors, which may play a part in the recommendation of prenatal diagnostic procedures by healthcare providers or their utilization by pregnant women.…”

“…A recent investigation reported such rates for birth defects registries in Europe (Garne et al, 2004). However, prenatal US is offered to all pregnant women in many European countries (Clementi and Stoll, 2001). This may not be the case in the United States, a nation without a unified national health care system.…”

“…Prenatal US is generally considered to be safe and is able to identify a variety of structural birth defects (Vintzileos et al, 1987;Carvalho et al, 2002). Prenatal US is offered to all pregnant women in many European countries (Clementi and Stoll, 2001). Chromosomal abnormalities can be prenatally diagnosed through AC and CVS.…”

Detección ecográfica de anomalías congénitas en 76.155 nacimientos en las ciudades de Bogotá y Cali, en el periodo 2011-2012

“…Esta tasa es menor a las reportadas en otros estudios (4)(5)(6)(7)(8). Si se evalúa por anomalía específica, hubo baja detección de anomalías con gran compromiso de la anatomía, como lo son espina bífida, defectos de la pared abdominal, cardiopatía congénita, hernia diafragmática y, labio y paladar hendidos, entre otros.…”