Prenatal screening or maternal screening intends to provide an accurate risk assessment for chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus. A wide range of prenatal screening and diagnostic tests are available; each offering a varied level of information and performance. 1 Novel and comprehensive screening tests, Pregascreen Dual and Pregascreen Quadruple provide an added advantage of reflex genetic testing for trisomies 21, 18, 13, X & Y for high-risk pregnancies, at no additional cost. 2 This infographic highlights the features of Pregascreen Dual and Pregascreen Quadruple.
Ssdwlab6 software offers a detection rate of 91.38% (3.81% FPR) and a specificity of 96.19% for the combined first-trimester screening of Trisomy 21. Ssdwlab6 allows addition of various ultrasound markers like tricuspid flow and Ductus venosus in the screening profiles that can help in reducing the FPR from 5% to 2.5%. and…
