What is prenatal screening and why to do it?

Temming, Lorene A.; Macones, George A.

doi:10.1053/j.semperi.2015.11.002

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“…Despite this risk, the high incidence and fatal outcome of ectopic pregnancy, 45 pregnancy complications such as eclampsia, 46 as well as congenital malformations caused by genetic or chromosomal defects should not be neglected. Antenatal care during pregnancy significantly reduces adverse maternal and fetal outcomes 19,47 . Thus, canceling these checkups to avoid COVID‐19 may put pregnant women in a riskier position.…”

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“…Congenital malformations caused by genetic or chromosomal defects not only threaten lives of the patients but also exert pain on their families 17 . Proper maternal health care not only significantly reduces the occurrence and mortality of pregnancy complications 18 but also prevents congenital malformations 19 . Meanwhile, the risk of exposure can be reduced by self‐protection, patient triage according to risk level, and early quarantine of suspected and diagnosed patients.…”

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Maternal health care management during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019

Chen

Zhang

et al. 2020

Journal of Medical Virology

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel type of highly contagious pneumonia caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Despite the strong efforts taken to control the epidemic, hundreds of thousands of people were infected worldwide by 11 March, and the situation was characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Pregnant women are more susceptible to viral infection due to immune and anatomic alteration, though hospital visits may increase the chance of infection, the lack of medical care during pregnancy may do more harm. Hence, a well-managed system that allows pregnant women to access maternal health care with minimum exposure risk is desired during the outbreak. Here, we present the managing processes of three pregnant women who had fever during hospitalization in the gynecology or obstetrics department, and then, we further summarize and demonstrate our maternal health care management strategies including antenatal care planning, patient triage based on the risk level, admission control, and measures counteracting emergencies and newly discovered high-risk cases at in-patient department. In the meantime, we will explain the alterations we have done throughout different stages of the epidemic and also review relative articles in both Chinese and English to compare our strategies with those of other areas. Although tens of COVID-19 cases were confirmed in our hospital, no nosocomial infection has occurred and none of the pregnant women registered in our hospital was reported to be infected.

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Section: Maternal Management Strategiesmentioning

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Maternal health care management during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019

Chen

Zhang

et al. 2020

Journal of Medical Virology

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“…De manera general, la utilidad del cribado sistemático de anomalías prenatales se encuentra establecida y consensuada desde hace más de veinte años (64). Más allá del cribado la detección temprana de patologías fetales permite diversas opciones como el tratamiento intraútero, un manejo que mejore los resultados perinatales, el consejo genético, la derivación precoz a centros especializados o la posibilidad de interrupción de la gestación (65).…”

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Anomalías genitales: contextualización de un campo olvidado en el diagnóstico prenatal

Soto¹

2020

Rev. Colomb. Obstet. Ginecol.

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Objetivo: hacer una reflexión sobre el bajo desarrollo que hay actualmente en el campo del diagnóstico prenatal de las anomalías genitales. Materiales y métodos: a partir de la tesis de que el desarrollo del diagnóstico antenatal de las anomalías genitales es escaso, se presenta una comparación con el estado actual de otros campos del diagnóstico prenatal, así como con su contrapartida posnatal; se analizan las distintas causas que pueden haber llevado a esta situación, y se reflexiona sobre formas de mejora de la especialidad. Conclusión: en comparación con otras áreas del diagnóstico prenatal, la detección de anomalías genitales tiene un menor nivel de desarrollo en cuanto a la disponibilidad de herramientas diagnósticas, de protocolos de manejo o investigación clínica. Algunas causas probables son una impresión de baja prevalencia, una importancia limitada o las dificultades para su exploración. Una forma de reforzar este componente de la medicina fetal sería la integración del conocimiento actual, la adquisición de herramientas adecuadas, y una traslación a la medicina clínica.

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“…These tests are able to detect early fetal anomalies before viability of the fetus. Acting on that timeframe, there is a significantly improved outcome regarding the pregnancy ( 2 ).…”

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Prenatal Ultrasound Screening and Women’s Expectations: an Original Study

Glynou¹,

Galatis²,

Fotiadi³

et al. 2022

Mater Sociomed

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Background: Prenatal screening offers crucial information about the pregnancy, although sometimes brings forth ethical issues and potentially difficult decisions for pregnant women. Ultrasound screening during pregnancy is both of particular importance and a great challenge. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess women’s knowledge and expectations regarding prenatal ultrasound screening in Greece. Methods: The study was conducted between May 2019 and January 2020. Three hundred pregnant women >18 years of age with complete antenatal routine screening, were invited to participate. The questionnaire contained sociodemographic and obstetric history information and highlighted the background knowledge of pregnant women in prenatal screening. Results: In this study, women with university or technological education mentioned in a greater proportion the importance of prenatal screening regarding prevention and treatment of intrauterine diseases. The belief that the pain or sorrow to give birth to a disabled child or one with a genetic disorder might lead parents to the decision to terminate the pregnancy, was supported more by women with a higher educational level. Conclusion: Pregnant women place a great deal of trust in their physician, as a source of information for the fetal well-being. The majority consider prenatal testing mandatory for that matter. Finally, an association between women who abide with prenatal screening and their educational level was noted. Thus, it’s more common women who have a higher educational level to seek prenatal screening, than those with lower education level.

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What is prenatal screening and why to do it?

Cited by 9 publications

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Maternal health care management during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019

Maternal health care management during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019

Anomalías genitales: contextualización de un campo olvidado en el diagnóstico prenatal

Prenatal Ultrasound Screening and Women’s Expectations: an Original Study

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