Deprest, J;
Van Ranst, M;
Lannoo, L;
Bredaki, E;
Ryan, G;
David, A;
Richter, J;
(2020)
SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) infection: is fetal surgery in times of national disasters reasonable?
Prenatal Diagnosis
, 40
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10.1002/pd.5702.
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Abstract
Even though the global COVID‐19 pandemic may affect how medical care is delivered in general, most countries try to maintain steady access for women to routine pregnancy care, including fetal anomaly screening. This means that, also during this pandemic, fetal anomalies will be detected, and that discussions regarding invasive genetic testing and possibly fetal therapy will need to take place. For patients, concerns about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome‐Corona Virus 2 will add to the anxiety caused by the diagnosis of a serious fetal anomaly. Yet, also for fetal medicine teams the situation gets more complex as they must weigh up the risks and benefits to the fetus as well as the mother, while managing a changing evidence base and logistic challenges in their healthcare system.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) infection: is fetal surgery in times of national disasters reasonable? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pd.5702 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/pd.5702 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health > Maternal and Fetal Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10099157 |
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