title: Antenatal Care.
abstract: Recently published papers on antenatal screening show that a policy of routine cervical examination does not lead to a reduction in preterm birth, perhaps because the results of the cervical examination do not influence the decisions umbilical Doppler ultrasonography shows that the systematic use of this method for high-risk pregnant women reduces the odds of perinatal mortality by 38%. Studies on antenatal screening for Group B Streptococcus followed by intrapartum treatment show that the antenatal screening can be effective in reducing the rate of infection.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, Epidemiological Research on women and children's health, Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bréart
mesh_terms: D002584:Cervix Uteri; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler