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Assessment of the Value of Rescreening for Syphilis in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
Objectives. Our aim is evaluating the need for repeating tests for syphilis on pregnant women in the third trimester. Study design. A single-center retrospective cohort study was performed on all women delivering 7/03–6/04. Results. During the study interval, 2244 women delivered at our hospital. Of...
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2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1581468/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17485804 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IDOG/2006/56504 |
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author | Edwards, Rodney K. Bennett, Margaret Langstraat, Carrie Greene, Daina |
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description | Objectives. Our aim is evaluating the need for repeating tests for syphilis on pregnant women in the third trimester. Study design. A single-center retrospective cohort study was performed on all women delivering 7/03–6/04. Results. During the study interval, 2244 women delivered at our hospital. Of those women having available records and attending at least one prenatal visit, 1940 (98.9%) were screened for syphilis at the first prenatal visit. Of the 1627 women beginning prenatal care prior to 27 weeks and delivering after 32 weeks, 1377 (84.6%) were rescreened in the third trimester. No cases of syphilis were identified with either the initial (upper limit of 95% CI 0.24%) or repeat (upper limit of 95% CI 0.34%) screening. Conclusions. In our obstetric population, syphilis is so uncommon that mandated prenatal screening on more than one occasion seems unjustified and laws requiring repeated screening should be reevaluated. |
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spelling | pubmed-15814682006-10-11 Assessment of the Value of Rescreening for Syphilis in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy Edwards, Rodney K. Bennett, Margaret Langstraat, Carrie Greene, Daina Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol Clinical Study Objectives. Our aim is evaluating the need for repeating tests for syphilis on pregnant women in the third trimester. Study design. A single-center retrospective cohort study was performed on all women delivering 7/03–6/04. Results. During the study interval, 2244 women delivered at our hospital. Of those women having available records and attending at least one prenatal visit, 1940 (98.9%) were screened for syphilis at the first prenatal visit. Of the 1627 women beginning prenatal care prior to 27 weeks and delivering after 32 weeks, 1377 (84.6%) were rescreened in the third trimester. No cases of syphilis were identified with either the initial (upper limit of 95% CI 0.24%) or repeat (upper limit of 95% CI 0.34%) screening. Conclusions. In our obstetric population, syphilis is so uncommon that mandated prenatal screening on more than one occasion seems unjustified and laws requiring repeated screening should be reevaluated. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2006 2006-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC1581468/ /pubmed/17485804 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IDOG/2006/56504 Text en Copyright © 2006 Rodney K. Edwards et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Study Edwards, Rodney K. Bennett, Margaret Langstraat, Carrie Greene, Daina Assessment of the Value of Rescreening for Syphilis in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy |
title | Assessment of the Value of Rescreening for Syphilis in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy |
title_full | Assessment of the Value of Rescreening for Syphilis in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy |
title_fullStr | Assessment of the Value of Rescreening for Syphilis in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the Value of Rescreening for Syphilis in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy |
title_short | Assessment of the Value of Rescreening for Syphilis in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy |
title_sort | assessment of the value of rescreening for syphilis in the third trimester of pregnancy |
topic | Clinical Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1581468/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17485804 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IDOG/2006/56504 |
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