Commentary on a Cochrane Review of Routine Ultrasound in Late Pregnancy

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• 作者：Cresilda T. Newsom ^{cnewsom@ucsd.edu}Author Vitae
• 关键词：24 weeks gestation ; Cochrane Review ; fetus ; late pregnancy ; routine ultrasound
• 刊名：Nursing for Women's Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2016-January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：20
• 期：6
• 页码：535-536
• 全文大小：1243 K
• 卷排序：20

文摘

Diagnostic ultrasound can be used in late pregnancy to assess a fetus’s condition, especially when there are complications. However, it remains controversial to carry out scans in late pregnancy on all pregnant women. Reasons for performing these scans include detecting clinical conditions that place a fetus or woman at high risk that would not necessarily have been detected by other means (such as clinical examination) and for which subsequent management would improve perinatal outcomes.