[Utrasonic B-scan diagnosis in connection with normal prenatal care]

It is a description of a programme aimed at the inclusion of the method of Ultrasonic-B scanning diagnosis within the system of measures of cares, undertaken during pregnancy. Every fresh entry in a consultation centre, dealing with cases of pregnancy and covering a certain section of the population, undergoes echoscopy three times during the pregnancy. Investigations of the longitudinal section helps to ensure the diminishing of the deep seat of placenta with advancing stage of pregnancy. Views have been expressed about the use of echoscopy for determining the exact stage of pregnancy, for an early recognition of hypotrophy and for the calculation of the weight of the fetus. The authors recommend the integration of the method of ultrasonic diagnosis in the system of measures taken for tending the pregnant.