Not Ready for Primetime: Challenges of Antenatal Ultrasound in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings

Even under optimized trial conditions, antenatal ultrasound was difficult to implement in Equateur Province, DRC. Moreover, the broader study across 5 countries failed to find an impact on pregnancy outcomes. Use of antenatal ultrasound screening appears not to be ready for wide application in low-...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5487080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28655796
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00213
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spelling pubmed-54870802017-06-30 Not Ready for Primetime: Challenges of Antenatal Ultrasound in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings Glob Health Sci Pract Editorial Even under optimized trial conditions, antenatal ultrasound was difficult to implement in Equateur Province, DRC. Moreover, the broader study across 5 countries failed to find an impact on pregnancy outcomes. Use of antenatal ultrasound screening appears not to be ready for wide application in low- and middle-income countries. Global Health: Science and Practice 2017-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5487080/ /pubmed/28655796 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00213 Text en © Global Health: Science and Practice. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00213
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Not Ready for Primetime: Challenges of Antenatal Ultrasound in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
title Not Ready for Primetime: Challenges of Antenatal Ultrasound in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
title_full Not Ready for Primetime: Challenges of Antenatal Ultrasound in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
title_fullStr Not Ready for Primetime: Challenges of Antenatal Ultrasound in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
title_full_unstemmed Not Ready for Primetime: Challenges of Antenatal Ultrasound in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
title_short Not Ready for Primetime: Challenges of Antenatal Ultrasound in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
title_sort not ready for primetime: challenges of antenatal ultrasound in low- and middle-income country settings
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5487080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28655796
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00213

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