After pregnancy, prenatal checkups are essential, especially ultrasound at all stages, pregnant mothers must be taken seriously. So how many times do you need to do ultrasound during pregnancy? In fact, there is no uniform standard around the world. Below, Xiao An takes you to understand how Allianz Hospital arranges prenatal ultrasound examinations.
6-8 weeks of pregnancy Determination of intrauterine pregnancy
The first ultrasound after pregnancy, first to determine intrauterine pregnancy, it is recommended to be carried out around 6-8 weeks, if there are symptoms such as abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding and other symptoms should be promptly to the hospital, to confirm that it is an ectopic pregnancy. The current clinical application of ultrasound parameters are within the safe dose range, early pregnancy ultrasound is safe, negative ultrasound is also safe, for those who suspect ectopic pregnancy should be more negative ultrasound to make a clear diagnosis.
11-13 weeks and 6 days NT measurement for initial screening for severe structural malformations
At this stage, the gestational week can be determined based on the head-rump length, and NT (nuchal translucency) measurement and screening for severe structural malformations of the fetus can be performed for early detection, diagnosis, and management.
18-20 weeks Screening for severe structural malformations
Ultrasound during this period is mainly used to screen for severe structural malformations such as anencephaly, severe brain enlargement, severe open spina bifida, severe thoracic and abdominal wall defects and ectopia of the viscera, single-chambered heart, and lethal bone dysplasia. so that the pregnancy can be terminated promptly. Some non-fatal malformations can also be screened for at this stage to guide further prenatal counseling.
22-26 weeks of pregnancy Systematic prenatal ultrasound
Ultrasound at about six months of pregnancy is the most important "major screening", which examines the baby's organs and systems in detail and screens for fetal structures.
The most important ultrasound is the "major screening" at around six months of pregnancy, which examines the baby's organs in detail, screens for fetal structural anomalies, and examines the placenta, umbilical cord, amniotic fluid, and other fetal accessories.
28-32 weeks of pregnancy Screening for fetal anomalies of late onset
The purpose of ultrasound in this period is to assess fetal growth and development, and it is also a relatively important "micro-exam.
The purpose of ultrasound in this period is to assess fetal growth and development, and it is also a more important "micro-exam", which still screens babies for structural malformations, and some late-onset fetal abnormalities that may appear at this time, such as hydrocephalus, gastrointestinal obstructive malformations, and tumors.
36-40 weeks of pregnancy Fetal growth and development, determination of fetal position , monitoring of the fetal heart, amniotic fluid volume
Therefore, the standardized obstetric examination in the course of the 40 weeks of pregnancy involves going through about six ultrasound examinations, depending on the pregnant woman and the fetus. Depending on the pregnancy and the fetus, please listen to your clinician to decide the frequency of ultrasound examination, pregnant mothers understand?
Please understand that even the best doctors using the highest level of equipment cannot detect all fetal abnormalities; please rest assured that the Allianz ultrasound team will do their best for you and your baby at every examination.
Advantages of Allianz Ultrasound Center
01. Possesses the qualification of prenatal screening and diagnosis
As early as October 2018, Allianz Women's and Infants' Hospital successfully passed the approval of the Provincial Health Commission for the establishment of a prenatal diagnostic center, and formally became the first national medical institution that can carry out prenatal diagnostic technology in a non-public medical institution. The approved prenatal diagnostic technology and prenatal screening technology licensed items include: genetic counseling, medical imaging, biochemical immunity, cytogenetics, molecular genetics; trisomy 21, neural tube defects, prenatal ultrasound screening, and prenatal screening and diagnosis of fetal free DNA in peripheral blood of pregnant women.
For difficult cases, the Fetal Medicine and Prenatal Diagnosis Center of Allianz Hospital can organize multidisciplinary consultations at any time, including obstetrics, ultrasound center, genetics center, pediatrics and other *** with the participation of a team of authoritative experts led by President Li Hui, President Song Weiwei, Vice President Yu Zhiling, Vice President Xie Limei to provide accurate prenatal consultation.
02, authoritative team of experts
Ultrasound Center by the domestic well-known prenatal ultrasound diagnostic experts, the second session of the Liaoning Young Famous Doctors, the U.S. postdoctoral, the former Deputy Director of the Department of Ultrasound of the Affiliated Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Professor Xie Limei, ultrasound team superb business, hard work, warmth, love, with good medical, medical, and health care.
03, high technology and accurate diagnosis
Ultrasound Center team members all through the British Fetal Medicine Foundation certification of early pregnancy screening, able to diagnose serious malformations of the fetus in the early pregnancy, fetal malformations diagnostic window forward; specializing in ultrasound of the fetal system, ultrasound of fetal cardiac, fetal diagnostic cases. She specializes in fetal systemic ultrasound, fetal cardiac ultrasound, and difficult fetal diagnosis.
In the field of gynecology, new gynecological ultrasound technologies such as pelvic floor ultrasound, tubal ultrasonography, and endometrial tolerance assessment are standardized. With the latest international guidelines and domestic experts*** knowledge as the guiding norms, we carry out cardiac ultrasound, abdominal ultrasound, breast ultrasound and thyroid ultrasound. We have also developed neonatal bedside ultrasound to provide quality services for children, and standardized pediatric lung ultrasound, cranial ultrasound, hip ultrasound, etc., which greatly reduces radiation, and promotes the development of green medical care in pediatrics.
04, high-end ultrasound equipment
Ultrasound Center has GE VolusonE8, E10, Philips EPIQ5, EPIQ7, and other high-end ultrasound equipment, for the patient's accurate diagnosis to provide a solid guarantee.
05, support for family accompaniment
In the Allianz ultrasound clinic, family members can accompany pregnant mothers for examination, and the LED screen synchronized playback of the baby's condition.