Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends one ultrasound scan
before 24 weeks gestation as part of routine antenatal care (WHO 2016). We explored …

Background This paper describes the clinical practice and performance of cell-free DNA
sequencing-based non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as a screening method for fetal …

Prenatal screening and testing are preference‐based health care options. They are offered
so that pregnant women and their partners can learn genetic information about the …

Background A dominant context for pregnant women in the Western world is medical
technologies such as ultrasound and screening. It has been argued that such technologies …

Pregnant women's perspectives should be included in the dialogue surrounding the
expanding offers of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), especially now that technological …

Increasingly, high-risk pregnant women opt for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) instead
of invasive diagnostic testing. Since NIPT is less accurate than invasive testing, a normal …

Objectives To assess rates of informed choice among women offered non‐invasive prenatal
testing (NIPT) for aneuploidy as part of routine clinical care. Methods A cross‐sectional …

Background Prenatal information may be obtained through invasive diagnostic procedures
and non-invasive screening procedures. Several psychological factors are involved in the …

The scope of noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) could expand in the future to include
detailed analysis of the fetal genome. This will allow for the testing for virtually any trait with a …

Background Access to information about prenatal screening is important particularly in light
of new techniques such as non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). This study aimed to develop …