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A clinical audit of combined first trimester screening and non‐invasive prenatal testing offered to pregnant women in a regional Australian hospital
Author(s) -
Abdalla Orit,
Woods Cindy,
Costa Caroline
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/ajo.12842
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , prenatal screening , obstetrics , prenatal care , second trimester , first trimester , pregnancy , family medicine , antenatal screening , gynecology , prenatal diagnosis , fetus , population , environmental health , management , biology , economics , genetics
The records of women attending a large Australian regional hospital for antenatal care were retrospectively analysed to determine what proportion had undergone or been offered first trimester screening for fetal abnormalities; only 609 (54%) of 1114 women had undergone or been offered screening. Younger women, multiparous women and women living in rural Australia were less likely to be offered screening. Barriers to screening and solutions for overcoming these need to be identified to improve access and equality in antenatal screening for all women.