| Trends in prenatal screening and diagnostic testing among women referred for advanced maternal age. | |
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PMID: 20063323 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the trends in uptake of amniocentesis and chorionic villi sampling (CVS) for prenatal diagnosis compared with uptake of first and second trimester prenatal serum screening for Down syndrome among patients referred for genetic counseling for advanced maternal age (AMA). METHODS: Patients referred for AMA genetic counseling from 2001 through 2008 were informed of both prenatal serum screening and invasive diagnostic testing options. Testing offered and testing decisions were entered in a computer database and uptake rates calculated for each year with trends compared using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: From 2001 through 2007, we observed a decline in amniocentesis and CVS uptake (p = 0.0001). This trend reversed in 2008 for both invasive procedures (p = 0.0001). Uptake of prenatal serum screening increased over the study period with uptake of first trimester screening increasing 1.7 fold in 2008. CONCLUSION: Improved prenatal screening tests and increased availability of screening for AMA patients has led to a steady decline in uptake of invasive testing from 2001 through 2007. This trend reversed from 2007 through 2008. Possible reasons for this reversal are discussed. |
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Authors:
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Naomi Nakata; Yuemei Wang; Sucheta Bhatt |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Prenatal diagnosis Volume: 30 ISSN: 1097-0223 ISO Abbreviation: Prenat. Diagn. Publication Date: 2010 Mar |
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Created Date: 2010-03-01 Completed Date: 2010-06-08 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8106540 Medline TA: Prenat Diagn Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 198-206 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright (c) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Genzyme Genetics, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA. Naomi.Nakata@genzyme.com |
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Adult Amniocentesis / methods, trends*, utilization Chorionic Villi Sampling / methods, trends*, utilization Down Syndrome / blood*, diagnosis Female Genetic Counseling Humans Maternal Age* Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data Pregnancy Pregnancy Trimester, First / blood Pregnancy Trimester, Second / blood Pregnancy, High-Risk / blood* |
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