title: The safety of diagnostic ultrasound.
abstract: Although there has been no conclusive evidence to suggest that ultrasound is dangerous in pregnancy, precautions would seem sensible. Doctors should minimize patient exposure time but a gesture by the machine manufacturers to incorporate the reduction of acoustic output into their design requirements would be admirable.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D014463:Ultrasonography