title: [Between mother and child--early fetal diagnosis as a routine in antenatal care].
abstract: The development of high-resolution real-time ultrasound has created the opportunity to identify fetal congenital anomalies. Making this technique part of a screening activity must be based on the belief that early identification and early care will have a favourable impact on the natural history of the disease. This is not the case when pregnancies are screened in the second trimester to detect malformations. On the contrary; in Norway, this might lead to the yearly elimination of 300 desired fetuses. Some of these would otherwise have had a longer intrauterine life, some might have benefited from postnatal medical treatment and some might otherwise have been born as healthy children instead of being eliminated due to misclassification.
authors.affiliation: Institutt for samfunnsmedisinske fag Universitetet i Trondheim.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schei
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: Mellom mor og barn--tidlig fosterdiagnostikk som rutine innen svangerskapsomsorgen.