Open AccessAudit of level II scans in a tertiary center of a middle-income country (MIC)
Author(s) -
Ryad Benjamin,
Hilda Yenuberi,
Swati Rathore,
Annie Prasanthi,
Manisha Madhai Beck,
E Mathews Jiji
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_88_20
Subject(s) - medicine , middle income country , overdiagnosis , audit , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , medical diagnosis , tertiary care , obstetrics , radiology , emergency medicine , surgery , management , economics , demographic economics
Significant anomalies are those that are lethal or those that require prolonged follow-up and unaffordable treatments. Detection of these anomalies allows early termination or the support systems necessary for pregnancies with these diagnoses. Anxiety associated with overdiagnosis makes the woman a victim of modern imaging technology. However, accurate detection of significant anomalies in a busy scan room of a developing country with the need to cater to large numbers is particularly challenging.