How "fast" reading of prenatal cardiac diagnosis may badly influence the neonatal management - case report from tertiary center in 2015 and literature review

• Authors: Katarzyna Piątek , Katarzyna Zych-Krekora , Joanna Płużańska , Ewa Gulczyńska , Maria Respondek-Liberska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Complains about prenatal diagnoses usually touch late diagnosis, missed diagnosis or uncomplete diagnosis. Prenatal diagnose provides usually important information for parents, obstetrician and neonatologist. Successful perinatal care is based on a good cooperation of the perinatal team. This time we present a peculiar situation when improper reading of prenatal diagnosis had caused a lot of troubles for the patient, parents and hospital staff.

Keywords

EN

prenatal diagnoses; misinterpretation; l-TGA; d-TGA

• Journal: Prenatal Cardiology
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 38-41

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2015

received

21 - 9 - 0015

accepted

27 - 9 - 2015

online

30 - 12 - 2015

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Piątek

• Student Science Club "Prenatal Cardiology",

author

Katarzyna Zych-Krekora

• Department of Prenatal Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute

author

Joanna Płużańska

• Department of Prenatal Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute

author

Ewa Gulczyńska

• Neonatology Clinic, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute

author

Maria Respondek-Liberska

• Department of Diagnoses and Prevention Fetal Malformations Medical University of Lodz
• Department of Prenatal Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12847/09158