The RUG Soft Marker Subgroup produced
a document in November 2002 that represented the recommendations of the
Regional Ultrasound Group for best practice in this
difficult area of prenatal screening. The
recommendations were based on expert review of current
evidence.
It was felt that guidelines were the best way of supporting ultrasonographers in their work.
A new version (2.0) was issued in November 2007 to include amendments made following a review of West Midlands data
A soft marker is defined here as an ultrasound finding at 18-22 weeks gestation which increases the risk of the fetus having a chromosomal anomaly (usually trisomy 21).
Click on links below to view
individual chapters
Soft
markers
Nuchal pad >=
6mm
Echogenic
bowel
Echogenic
foci in the fetal heart
Short femur
length
Fetal
pyelectasis
Choroid
plexus cysts
Soft Markers
Sub-group
Written by
Ellen Knox MRCOG
Sub-speciality Trainee
Ann Tonks MPH
Project Manager
Mike
Wyldes FRCOG
Consultant Obstetrician
Edited and Directed by:
The
Soft Markers Sub-group
To order copies click here
|
