Prenatal Tactics Of Ultrasonographic Examination Of The Fetus In Early Pregnancy

Shahnoza Kamalidinova

doi:10.12955/emhpj.v4i0.359

Shahnoza Kamalidinova Republican Center of Mother and Child Screening, Healthcare Ministry of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12955/emhpj.v4i0.359

Keywords: Pregnancy, Fetal Defects, Algorithm Of Diagnosis, Ultrasound Examination

Abstract

To study defects and chromosomal abnormalities of the fetus, we retrospectively analyzed results of comprehensive dynamic survey of 26,404 pregnant women aged 18-50 years old at 6 to 40 weeks of pregnancy. Of them, 25,956 (98.3%) women had physiological course of pregnancy, 448 (1.7%) women had abnormal pregnancy. For the diagnosis of fetal defects, we carried out ultrasound, biochemical, invasive and cytogenetic studies. The results of study showed that the majority of fetal defects and pathological course of pregnancy was noted in women at the age of 21-25 years old, since at this age period women have the highest number of pregnancies. At the older age, we noted a gradual decrease in the number of pregnant women, as well as the number of abnormalities of the fetus. Based on the analysis of the results obtained, we have developed an algorithm for early fetal ultrasound examination. In order to exclude non-developing pregnancy and intrauterine fetal death, as well as for early diagnosis of fetal defects, we recommend screening women in the first trimester of pregnancy.

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