Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2017
FETAL NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY BY ULTRASOUND A SCREENING TOOL FOR FETAL ABNORMALITIES
Dr. M. Meena, Dr. D. Narmadha
Abstract :
To assess fetal nuchal translucency in an unselected population of pregnant women with viable singleton pregnancy and usefulness of increased Nuchal translucency in identifying abnormal fetuses.
SUBJECTS & METHODS :–
A Prospective study consisting of 100 antenatal women was conducted in kasturba Gandhi hospital, Chennai, after obtaining ethical clearance from IEC , madras medical college. Women with NT >95th percentile for that gestational age and CRL, were considered to be at high risk (screen positive).For screen positive women, fetal karyotyping was done after counseling them regarding the risk for having an anomalous fetus. Chi–square test and student t test were used to find the statistical significance in the noted difference of anomalies associated with the fetuses with increased NT using statistical software namely SPSS version 15.A sample size of 100 was arrived using G power 3.0.10 software which determines the significance size at 0.01 and power of 0.99.
RESULTS :–
The mean age for women with normal NT : 24.4 years (SD–4.4), mean age for women with abnormal NT : 28.8 years(SD –6.5).All fetuses with increased NT had abnormal outcome showing that NT is an effective method of screening for fetal abnormalities. statistically significant difference seen in the incidence of increased NT among antenatal women who were older than 30 years and the P value <0.01. The diagnostic value of increased NT in relation to cardiac defects sensitivity is 100%, specificity is 96.9%, positive predictive value is 40% and the p value is < 0.001. Increased NT was significantly associated with abnormal fetuses was statistically significant p<0.001 and with syndromic fetus p value <0.001.
CONCLUSION:–
Our study confirms that all fetuses with increased NT had adverse pregnancy outcome. 40% had chromosomal anomalies .Isolated cardiac defects were identified among 40% fetuses,20% had spontaneous miscarriage. Incidence of increased NT is higher in women more than 30 years (28.6%), against women less than 30 years (3.1%), indicating higher risk for fetal abnormalities in the former group.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijar
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DR.M.MEENA, DR.D.NARMADHA, FETAL NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY BY ULTRASOUND A SCREENING TOOL FOR FETAL ABNORMALITIES, Indian Journal of Applied Research,Volume : 7 | Issue : 1 | JANUARY 2017
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DR.M.MEENA, DR.D.NARMADHA, FETAL NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY BY ULTRASOUND A SCREENING TOOL FOR FETAL ABNORMALITIES, Indian Journal of Applied Research,Volume : 7 | Issue : 1 | JANUARY 2017
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