antenatal screening

Question 1

anencephaly

Answer 1

without parts of the brain and skull

neural tube defect (NTD)

usually die during birth or shortly after

Question 2

Placenta praevia and what do you do

Answer 2

placenta is low lying in the uterusandcovers all or part of the cervix

check again at 32 weeks gestation

Question 3

Trisomy Screening

Answer 3

Down’s syndrome T21
Edward’s Syndrome T18
Patau’s Syndrome T13

Question 4

down syndrome risk and maternal age

Answer 4

increases after 25

Question 5

NIPT

Answer 5

Cell free fetal DNA (cffDNA) testing is also known as Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)

CffDNA is detectable from around 10 weeks of pregnancy and the amount of detectable DNA is thought to rise as the pregnancy continues

Question 6

diagnostic tests and miscarriage rates

Answer 6

Amniocentesis:
Usually performed after 15 weeks
Carries a miscarriage rate of <1%
Chorionic villus sampling:
Usually performed after 12 weeks
Carries a miscarriage rate of <2%

Question 7

rhesus d physiology

Answer 7

so if baby has different blood group to mum then when delivered some of babys blood goes into mum

then mums body creates antibodies so if gets pregnant again, it can reject baby so give anti d