Background: Inappropriate health care leads to negative patient experiences, poor health
outcomes and inefficient use of resources. We aimed to conduct a systematic review of …

Ontario Midwifery Program and the Niday Perinatal Database. These programmes worked
together to normalize their data and build a robust, web-based data-collection and reporting …

Importance Ultrasonographic measurement of fetal nuchal translucency is used in prenatal
screening for trisomies 21 and 18 and other conditions. A cutoff of 3.5 mm or greater is …

Objectives The concentrations of maternal serum markers for aneuploidy screening are
influenced by maternal characteristics such as race, smoking, insulin dependent diabetes …

Objective To investigate factors involved in the decision to decline prenatal screening with
noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). Method A questionnaire study was conducted among …

Background Multiple marker screening is offered to pregnant individuals in many
jurisdictions to screen for trisomies 21 and 18. On occasion, the result is 'double-positive'—a …

Introduction In accordance with social development, the proportion of advanced maternal
age (AMA) increased and the cost of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) decreased …

Objectives The objectives of this study were to investigate recent trends in non‐invasive
prenatal testing (NIPT) utilisation, including factors associated with geographical variation …

Background Cell-free fetal DNA screening is routinely offered to pregnant individuals to
screen for aneuploidies. Although cell-free DNA screening is consistently more accurate …

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a prenatal test that has experienced unprecedented
commercial development and transformed prenatal care. The Ontario Ministry of Health …