title: Prenatal care: an update and future trends.
abstract: Prenatal care gained universal acceptance during this century, but its efficacy and impact has been questioned widely. Many studies have linked inadequate, or lack of, prenatal care with adverse pregnancy outcomes; however others have failed to confirm the association. This article reviews salient aspects of standard prenatal care, and presents future trends in this field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Groutz
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Hagay
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D005544:Forecasting; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000639:trends*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome