Prenatal screening for pre-eclampsia: Frequently asked questions

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Wertaschnigg, Dagmar
Reddy, Maya
Mol, Ben WJ
Rolnik, Daniel L
Costa, Fabricio da Silva
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2019
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The current approach to screening for pre-eclampsia is based on guidelines that rely on medical and obstetric history in early pregnancy to select a high-risk group that might benefit from low-dose aspirin. However, combined screening tests with the addition of biophysical and biochemical measurements have shown significantly better detection rates for preterm pre-eclampsia. Furthermore, the administration of aspirin for the 10% screen-positive group can lead to a significant reduction in severe and preterm forms of pre-eclampsia. This review aims to answer frequently asked questions related to the clinical implementation of screening and the management of screening results.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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59

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4

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© 2019 The Authors. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Obstetrics and gynaecology

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aspirin

hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

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Wertaschnigg, D; Reddy, M; Mol, BWJ; Rolnik, DL; Costa, FDS, Prenatal screening for pre-eclampsia: Frequently asked questions, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2019, 59 (4), pp. 477-483

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