The Value of Routine Mid-Trimester Ultrasound in Low-Risk Pregnancies at Primary Care Level
Health SA Gesondheid (Print)
; 13(4): 41-49, 2008.
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in English
| AIM (Africa)
| ID: biblio-1262431
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ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effect of routine second-trimester ultrasound scanning on obstetric management and pregnancy outcomes. This was an open cluster; randomised; controlled trial. Clusters of women with low-risk pregnancies presenting in the second trimester were randomised to receive an ultrasound scan followed by usual antenatal care; or to an unscanned control group undergoing conventional antenatal care only. Out of the 962 women randomised; follow-up was successful for 804 (83.6); with 416 allocated to the ultrasound scan group and 388 controls. There were no significant differences between the ultrasound scan group and the control group in terms of prenatal hospitalisa- tion; mode of delivery; miscarriage; perinatal mortality rate and low birthweight rate. Ultrasound dating was associated with a lower rate of induction of labour for post-term pregnancy (1.4vs. 3.6; P=0.049). However; ultrasound scanning in low-risk pregnancies was not associated with improvements in pregnancy outcome:
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Database:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Pregnancy Trimesters
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Primary Health Care
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Pregnancy
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Perinatal Mortality
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Etiology study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Health SA Gesondheid (Print)
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article