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Potential Detection Rates based on Screening Stragegy

 

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Ultrasound for Screening for Aneuploidy
Baseline fetal anomaly scan
Potential Detection Rates based on Screening Strategy

 

A six year study in Scotland Booking Scan Minimum only Standard Scan

  % %
Anencephaly 97 100
Spina bifida 61 92
Major cardiac anomalies
(Hypoplastic ventricle)
14 61
Diaphragmatic hernia 30 62
Gastroschisis 86 100
Exomphalos 45 92
Major renal tract problems
(Renal agenesis)
76 85

Reference:

Smith NC and Hau C (1999). A six year study of the antenatal detection of fetal abnormality in six Scottish health boards. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 106, 206-212, Abstract

 

 

 

 
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