Reduced Use of Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound in Norway: Result of Consensus Panel Recommending Routine Screening in Pregnancy?
- 7 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 69 (7-8) , 649-650
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016349009028712
Abstract
To investigate the practice of obstetric ultrasound in Norway before and 2 years after a consensus conference recommending routine screening. Material, method: Two national representative materials sampled with a 2-year interval are compared. The average number of examinations was reduced from 2.46 to 2.2 (p = 0.014). Obstetrical institutions practising screening examined their patient less frequently than non-screening institutions (2.10 vs. 2.75 times, p less than 0.001 whereas in 1986 the converse was the case. Screening has become more widespread, and a more rational practice has developed.Keywords
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