TY - JOUR ID - TI - THE ROLE OF ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION IN DETECTION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES AU - Narjis AH. Ajeel AU - Ekhlas AS.Al-Bayati PY - 2009 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 77 EP - 79 JO - The Medical Journal of Basrah University المجلة الطبية لجامعة البصرة SN - 02530759 AB - ABSTRACTThis is a prospective follow-up study involving 314 pregnant women who attended the U/S department inone of the main hospitals in Basrah city over the period from December 2003-December 2004.The aim of the study was to assess the validity of ultrasound in prenatal detection of congenital anomaliesin Basrah city. The majorities (64.3%) of pregnant women were attending for U/S examination in theirthird trimester, and only 0.3% were attending in the first trimester. The validity of prenatal U/Sexamination in detecting fetal congenital abnormalities was found to be very high. The study recommendedthat U/S examination should become part of the antenatal care provided in the primary health care centres.

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