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[Management of third-trimester low-risk pregnancies--European survey]
A Gábor Juhász1, János Aranyosi, János Zatik
1Debreceni Egyetem Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Altalános Orvostudományi Kar, Szülészeti és Nógyógyászati Klinika.
Aim:
Main objective of pregnancy care is to provide health both for the mother and baby. Two main points of this care are to preselect high and low risk pregnancies and to determine the timing of delivery in case of fetal jeopardy or maternal emergency situations in the third trimester. Although we have evidence based techniques that are effective in reducing perinatal mortality in selected high-risk groups, the content of routine pregnancy care in low-risk third trimester pregnancies is not well defined yet. Management of these patients differs from center to center and from country to country and is mainly determined by obstetrical traditions of different geographical areas.
Patients/Methods:
Based on the data of questionnaires about recent practice of 28 European obstetrical departments in 10 countries participating in EuroGRIT trial the authors sketch out current management of third trimester low risk pregnancies.
Conclusions:
In spite of current discrepancy in applying functional tests it is absolutely required to introduce new methods in the future only within the framework of evidence based medicine.