Missed Down Syndrome and Congenital Heart Defect in Prenatal Ultrasound (Us) - Malpractice or Not? Opinions of 12 Experts

• Authors: Maria Respondek-Liberska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An example of missed Down syndrome with congenital heart defect by prenatal ultrasound evaluation was presented. A jury of 12 physicians, experts in prenatal ultrasonography and echocardiography were asked in questionare was this malpractice or not. The answers were very different. The results of the questionaires were discussed with the background to the selected data from Eurocat, from Polish National Prenatal Cardiac Registry, from Polish Registry of Congenital Malformations by 2nd year of life, and financial data of the Polish Prenatal Program in Lodz Region. Should we increase the cost of screening or the cost of ultrasound and echo training ? Or just provide patients with better knowledge regarding the differences between expertise of primary care obstetricians and experts in referral centers

Keywords

EN

Down syndrome; congenital heart defect; prenatal adn malpractice

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Prenatal Cardiology
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 19-25

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2015

received

26 - 10 - 2014

accepted

3 - 1 - 2015

online

30 - 12 - 2015

Contributors

author

Maria Respondek-Liberska

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

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12847/03153