Ultrasonography, Prenatal - Economics
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Compact ultrasound for improving maternal and perinatal care in low-resource settings: review of the potential benefits, implementation challenges, and public health issues.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: Ultrasound imaging, a front-line diagnostic tool for perinatal care, is rarely available in the developing world, where maternal and newborn mortality rates are starkly higher than elsewhere. The development of portable and inexpensive ... Read more...

Obstetric ultrasonography in low-income countries.

30 May 2009 The major issues in obstetric practice in developing countries are the high rates of maternal and perinatal mortality. In most low-income countries health financing systems are not well established so most people pay for health services at the ... Read more...

Cost implications of introducing a telecardiology service to support fetal ultrasound screening.

30 Dec 2007 A district hospital in south-east England used a telecardiology service for fetal cardiac diagnosis alongside an existing arrangement for referring pregnant women directly to perinatal cardiologists in London for detailed fetal echocardiography. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Ultrasonography, Prenatal - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Compact ultrasound for improving maternal and perinatal care in low-resource settings: review of the potential benefits, implementation challenges, and public health issues. 30 Jul 2009
• Obstetric ultrasonography in low-income countries. 30 May 2009
• Response to open peer commentaries for "Ethical considerations of providing screening tests to individuals when evidence is insufficient to support screening populations". 30 Mar 2009
• Cost implications of introducing a telecardiology service to support fetal ultrasound screening. 30 Dec 2007
• Utilization of obstetrical ultrasound in a referral population. 30 Dec 2007
• Improving detection of fetal cardiac anomalies: a fetal echocardiogram for every fetus? 29 Nov 2007
• Management of mild fetal pyelectasis: a comparative analysis. 30 Oct 2007
• [Social disparities in the antenatal screening for Down syndrome] 30 Jul 2007
• Nuchal translucency measurement in first trimester Down syndrome screening. 30 May 2007
• First picturesOne for the album. Feb 2007
• The impact of prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease on pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery. 30 Dec 2006
• A tele-obstetric broadband service including ultrasound, videoconferencing and cardiotocogram. A high cost and a low volume of patients. 30 Dec 2006
• What is the role of fetal nasal bone examination in the assessment of risk for trisomy 21 in clinical practice? 29 Jun 2006
• Screening for Down syndrome using first-trimester combined screening followed by second-trimester ultrasound examination in an unselected population. 22 May 2006
• Does a first trimester dating scan using crown rump length measurement reduce the rate of induction of labour for prolonged pregnancy? An uncompleted randomised controlled trial of 463 women. 30 Jan 2006
• Should all pregnant diabetic women undergo a fetal echocardiography? A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing four screening strategies. 30 Dec 2005
• Better ultrasound service, less misguided litigation. 30 Oct 2005
• Medicaid coverage and medical interventions during pregnancy. 30 Aug 2005
• Economic modelling of antenatal screening and ultrasound scanning programmes for identification of fetal abnormalities. 29 Jun 2005
• [The development of obstetric ultrasound in Switzerland] 30 Mar 2005

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Technical information about 'Ultrasonography, Prenatal'

Definition: The visualization of tissues during pregnancy through recording of the echoes of ultrasonic waves directed into the body. The procedure may be applied with reference to the mother or the fetus and with reference to organs or the detection of maternal or fetal disease.

Descriptor UI: D016216

Alternative terms: Ultrasonography, Prenatal; Diagnosis, Ultrasonic Prenatal; Diagnoses, Ultrasonic Prenatal; Prenatal Diagnoses, Ultrasonic; Ultrasonic Prenatal Diagnoses; Prenatal Ultrasonic Diagnosis; Ultrasonic Prenatal Diagnosis; Prenatal Diagnosis, Ultrasonic; Prenatal Ultrasonography; Diagnosis, Prenatal Ultrasonic; Diagnoses, Prenatal Ultrasonic; Prenatal Ultrasonic Diagnoses; Ultrasonic Diagnoses, Prenatal; Ultrasonic Diagnosis, Prenatal; Fetal Ultrasonography; Ultrasonography, Fetal;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; drug effects; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; radiation effects; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.350.850.865; E01.370.378.630.865;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific fetal anat, physiol or other clin feature (IM); if on mother, coord IM with specific maternal aspect (IM); check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; DF: ULTRASONOGR PRENATAL