Abortion risk of prenatal scans
Improvements in prenatal scans could bring dilemmas for parents
Ultrasound may be better at picking up abnormalities in foetuses than previously thought, but its results could also be misleading, causing parents to abort healthy babies.
A six-year study of prenatal ultrasound, published in The Lancet, has found that it can detect 68% of congenital anomalies which could lead to miscarriages or other problems.
Previous studies have shown a lower rate of detection.
The study, by doctors at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, found that on average across the six years 55% of abnormalities were correctly identified by scans.
BBC News Health
Ultrasound may be better at picking up abnormalities in foetuses than previously thought, but its results could also be misleading, causing parents to abort healthy babies.
A six-year study of prenatal ultrasound, published in The Lancet, has found that it can detect 68% of congenital anomalies which could lead to miscarriages or other problems.
Previous studies have shown a lower rate of detection.
The study, by doctors at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, found that on average across the six years 55% of abnormalities were correctly identified by scans.
BBC News Health
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