Medicine Centers - The Woman`s Health Center - Obstetrics
Our doctors and midwives provide prenatal care, labour, and care in the postpartum period. Their focus is on the optimum physical, emotional and psychological well-being of both mothers and their newborns.
Recommendations of intervals for routine and indicated tests and procedures during prenatal care.
Recommendations of intervals for routine and indicated tests and procedures during prenatal care.
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Time (weeks)
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Assesment
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Initial (as soon as possible)
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Hemoglobin or hematocrit
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Urinalysis, including microscopic examination and infection screen
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Blood group and D type
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Antibody screen
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Rubella antibody titer
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Syphilis screen
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Cervical cytology
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Hepatitis B virus screen
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8 - 18
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Ultrasound
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Amniocentesis
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Chorionic villus sampling
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16 -18
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Maternal serum alfafetoprotein
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26 - 28
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Diabetes screeening
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Repeat hemoglobin or hematocrit
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28
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Repeat antibody test for unsensitized D-negative patients
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Prophylactic administration of anti – D immune globulin
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32 –36
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Ultrasound
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Testing for sexually transmitted disease
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Repeat hemoglobin or hematocrit
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