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The Value of Routine Early Pregnancy Ultrasound in the Antenatal Booking Clinic
Author(s) -
Peek Michael J.,
Devonald Katherine J.,
Beilby Ruth,
EllwoodJ David
Publication year - 1994
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/j.1479-828x.1994.tb02676.x
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , obstetrics , ultrasound , pregnancy , gestational age , family medicine , radiology , genetics , biology
Summary: The value of routine antenatal booking ultasound as an adjunct to, or as an alternative to the 18 to 20 week ultrasound, is not known. A study into the possible benefits of routine antenatal booking ultrasound was undertaken. One year's experience, involving 1,372 scans is described. The main medical benefits include the establishment or correction of gestational age (41.7% of all pregnancies) and the identification of multiple pregnancies (0.7%), nonviable pregnancies (1.4%) and other pregnancies requiring specialist antenatal clinic referral (0.7%), resulting in a total of 44.5% of patients in whom some benefit was obtained.