Changes in detection of birth defects and perinatal mortality after introduction of prenatal ultrasound screening in the Kola Peninsula (North-West Russia) : combination of two birth registries

• Published in: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Main Authors: Postoev, Vitaly A., Grjibovski, Andrej M., Nieboer, Evert, Odland, Jon Oyvind
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2015
• Subjects: Prenatal diagnostics; Screening; Ultrasound diagnostic; Birth defects; Murmansk County Birth Registry; Perinatal mortality; Prenatal detection rate; Russia; Kola Peninsula; Murmansk; Monchegorsk; kola peninsula; North-West Russia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51067; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0747-1

BACKGROUND : Prenatal diagnostics ultrasound was established in Russia in 2000 as a routine method of screening for birth defects. The aims of the current study were twofold: to assess changes in birth defects prevalence at birth and perinatal mortality after ultrasound screening was implemented and...