Helping your epileptic patient minimize pregnancy complications
Seizure disorders are common in women of childbearing age. Approximately 500,000 reproductive-aged women in the United States carry the diagnosis. It is estimated to affect 3–5 births per 1000 women but the exact incidence remains unknown.
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Cesarean scar pregnancy diagnosis and management A 27-year-old G3P011 with one previous cesarean delivery was referred for vaginal bleeding from an outpatient facility where a radiologist, based upon a transabdominal ultrasound scan, reported a “missed abortion” at 9 weeks and some concern for a cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP). [» Read more ]
The promise and peril of new prenatal diagnostic technologies
Our appreciation of the vast potential and major challenges posed by new genetic prenatal diagnostic testing seems to grow with each passing week. In particular, we now have a far better understanding of the utility and limitations of fetal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing and of expanded parental carrier testing.
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