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- High-Risk Pregnancy: Management Options
- High-Risk Pregnancy: Management Options
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Prepregnancy Problems
- Section 2 Early Prenatal Problems
- Chapter 5 Bleeding and Pain in Early Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2019)
- Chapter 6 Recurrent Miscarriage (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 7 Screening for Fetal Abnormality in the First and Second Trimesters (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 8 Invasive Procedures for Prenatal Diagnosis (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Section 3 Late Prenatal – Fetal Problems
- Section 4 Problems Associated with Infection
- Chapter 24 Hepatitis Virus Infections in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 23rd July 2019)
- Chapter 25 Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 23rd July 2019)
- Chapter 26 Rubella, Measles, Mumps, Varicella, and Parvovirus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Chapter 27 Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Adenovirus, Coxsackievirus, and Human Papillomavirus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Chapter 28 Parasitic Infections in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 15th June 2018)
- Chapter 29 Other Infectious Conditions in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Section 5 Late Pregnancy – Maternal Problems
- Section 6 Late Prenatal – Obstetric Problems
- Section 7 Postnatal Problems
- Section 8 Normal Values
- Index
- References
Chapter 7 - Screening for Fetal Abnormality in the First and Second Trimesters (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
from Section 2 - Early Prenatal Problems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2017
- High-Risk Pregnancy: Management Options
- High-Risk Pregnancy: Management Options
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Prepregnancy Problems
- Section 2 Early Prenatal Problems
- Chapter 5 Bleeding and Pain in Early Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2019)
- Chapter 6 Recurrent Miscarriage (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 7 Screening for Fetal Abnormality in the First and Second Trimesters (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Chapter 8 Invasive Procedures for Prenatal Diagnosis (Content last reviewed: 15th March 2020)
- Section 3 Late Prenatal – Fetal Problems
- Section 4 Problems Associated with Infection
- Chapter 24 Hepatitis Virus Infections in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 23rd July 2019)
- Chapter 25 Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 23rd July 2019)
- Chapter 26 Rubella, Measles, Mumps, Varicella, and Parvovirus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Chapter 27 Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Adenovirus, Coxsackievirus, and Human Papillomavirus in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Chapter 28 Parasitic Infections in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 15th June 2018)
- Chapter 29 Other Infectious Conditions in Pregnancy (Content last reviewed: 11th November 2020)
- Section 5 Late Pregnancy – Maternal Problems
- Section 6 Late Prenatal – Obstetric Problems
- Section 7 Postnatal Problems
- Section 8 Normal Values
- Index
- References
Summary
Congenital anomalies are found in 3–8% of all fetuses and newborns. They include embryological defects but also destructive sequences that usually start with a vascular, infectious, or chemical insult that later results in various defects in different parts of the body, though the brain and spinal cord are particularly sensitive. Prenatal fetal abnormality screening programs developed to detect these anomalies normally comprise a combination of ultrasound examinations and biochemical investigations. Their use results in a suspected or actual diagnosis in 40–90% of screened women.
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- High-Risk PregnancyManagement Options, pp. 148 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressFirst published in: 2017