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New Indications for Antepartum Testing: Making the Case for Antepartum Surveillance or Timed Delivery for Women of Advanced Maternal Age.
- Source :
- Seminars in Perinatology; Aug2008, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p312-317, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Maternal age is an independent risk factor for stillbirth; a moderate number of these occur in normally formed babies near term. For a woman 40 years of age or older giving birth, her risk of having a chromosomal anomaly is 1/66. What is not appreciated is that even without medical risk factors, her risk of having a stillbirth after 37 weeks of gestation is 1/116. This article reviews the risks and benefits of the strategy of antepartum testing and timed delivery and discusses the limitations of the available data in this field. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01460005
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Seminars in Perinatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33466768
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semperi.2008.04.016