Maternal serum screening has been modified during the past 25 years and is now widely utilized during the second trimester to identify women at risk for fetal open neural tube defects (ONTDs), ...
Prenatal testing is important to monitor you and your baby's health, but exactly what is involved in these screenings? Here, an obstetrician-gynecologist talks about what to expect during your second ...
AURORA, Colo. -- Among those at low-risk for preterm birth, a blood-based biomarker screening test during the second trimester identified pregnancies at higher risk for preterm birth, and a treatment ...
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Noninvasive prenatal testing identifies twice as many Down syndrome cases as second-trimester serum screening
A novel study has analyzed the cost-effectiveness of different Down syndrome (DS) screening strategies. The result confirms that noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) outperforms second-trimester serum ...
The Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine 24th Annual Clinical Meeting kicked off with the long-awaited results of the First and Second Trimester Evaluation of Risk (FASTER) Trial. There were several ...
LONDON -- Using ultrasound to look for the nose bone in early pregnancy could help to identify Down syndrome babies sooner, new research suggests. Some experts say the test, described for the first ...
They can reveal valuable health information about you and your baby, but some come with more considerations than others. Credit...Maggie Chiang Supported by By Emily Mullin This guide was originally ...
The opening plenary session featured the results of a multicenter trial sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) concerning first-trimester screening for fetal ...
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UC San Francisco researchers have found a way to double doctors’ accuracy in detecting the vast majority of complex fetal heart defects in utero – when interventions could either correct them or ...
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Routine first trimester ultrasounds lead to earlier detection of fetal anomalies, finds study
Scanning for serious structural issues in fetuses during the first trimester can result in earlier detection of these issues, ...
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