Should Every Pregnant Woman Undergo Ultrasonography?

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Abstract
Diagnostic ultrasonography has unquestionably revolutionized the care of obstetrical patients. Before this procedure became available, the uterus of a pregnant woman was a closed space that effectively hid most of its secrets. Since the mid-1970s, however, remarkable improvements in ultrasonography have exposed that protected space to investigation throughout the course of pregnancy and have thereby provided sophisticated insight into life before birth.Ultrasonography has proved to be of invaluable assistance in a variety of high-risk situations. Recognition of what could be learned in problem pregnancies led to the question of whether examining every pregnant woman with ultrasonography offered advantages over . . .