Linked Life Data

12521492

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/12521492

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
When a fetal abnormality has been diagnosed, a woman may be offered termination of pregnancy. It is important that delays in the assessment process are avoided, as after 21 weeks' gestation fetocide must be performed as part of the termination, with only a few rare exceptions. To determine whether preventable delays in the assessment of suspected fetal abnormalities are occurring, a retrospective review of all stillbirths resulting from termination of pregnancy in 1998 and 1999 in the North Western Region of England was conducted. There were 47 terminations of pregnancy after 24 weeks gestation. Of these, 43 cases had intracardiac potassium chloride fetocide before induction of labour. One of the 47 women was not referred to the tertiary referral centre; 39 women were referred within 1 week of the diagnosis of an abnormality, but in seven cases referral was delayed for more than 2 weeks. Inappropriate and preventable delays are occurring. In some cases this may mean that a woman has to undergo fetocide, which could have been avoided had she been referred to a tertiary centre more promptly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0144-3615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
243-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Could some fetocides be avoided by more prompt referral after diagnosis of fetal abnormality?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JH, UK. svause@central.cmht.nwest.nhs.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article