The genetic sonogram in screening for Down syndrome: response to the JAMA study.
The genetic sonogram in screening for Down syndrome: response to the JAMA study.
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筛查唐氏综合症的遗传超声图:对《美国医学会杂志》研究的回应。
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
D. Lezotte
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作者:
J. Hobbins;R. Bahado;D. Lezotte
Assistance was provided by Alfred Z. Abuhamad, MD, Beryl R. Benacerraf, MD, Dru E. Carlson, MD, Joshua A. Copel, MD, Greggory R. DeVore, MD, Harris J. Finberg, MD, Lyndon M. Hill, MD, David A. Nyberg, MD, Wayne H. Persutte, BS, RDMS, Lawrence D. Platt, MD, Manuel Porto, MD, Ilan Timor-Tritsch, MD, Anthony M. Vintzileos, MD, and Douglas Wilson, MD. n the February 28, 2001, issue of JAMA, an article appeared by Smith-Bindman et al1 entitled, “SecondTrimester Ultrasound to Detect Fetuses With Down Syndrome: A Meta-analysis.” The authors summarized 59 prospective and retrospective studies from the literature in which there were data on ultrasonographic markers for Down syndrome (DS), such as choroid plexus cyst, nuchal skin fold thickness (NSFT), echogenic intracardiac focus, echogenic bowel, and renal pyelectasis. In addition, the biometric measurements, humeral and femur length, were evaluated. Structural abnormalities were excluded from the analysis. Only those studies with complete ascertainment of outcome were included in the study. On the basis of rigorous criteria, data were available for analysis of 1930 pregnancies affected by fetal DS and 130,363 unaffected pregnancies. The authors reported an average age among all patients in the meta-analysis of 34 years, and 88% of the studies were performed on women at increased risk of chromosomal abnormalities because of advanced maternal age, abnormal serum test results, or family history of chromosomal abnormalities. The best performer was nuchal skin fold thickness, which had a positive likelihood ratio of 17. However, the authors calculated that, despite this large 17-fold increase in risk, “15,893 average-risk patients and 6818 high-risk patients would require screening for each case of fetal DS identified.” Also, they concluded that the rest of the DS markers were of such low yield in isolation that they had only “marginal impact on the risk of DS.” Last, because the markers were detected in only a small number of affected fetuses, the authors concluded that the likelihood of DS did not decrease substantially after normal examination findings.