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Pregnancy is the period of time when a fetus develops inside a woman's uterus and ends with the birth of the infant. There are a variety of clinical laboratory tests and diagnostics typically used prior to and throughout pregnancy. The tests and diagnostics provide useful information from the time pregnancy is first considered through the initial days of the newborn's life.
Discuss the most common screening test and diagnostics used throughout pregnancy and the purpose of the tests. When during pregnancy are tests performed and what is the protocol when an abnormal test or diagnostic is found?
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Various standard tests are performed during pregnancy. These tests are done at different
times to diagnose and prevent some probable disorders (Chard, 1992). Genetic screening is of
great assistance as it helps in diagnosing the potential for specific complications that are genetic
before birth. There is the first-trimester screening which is a combination of maternal blood and
fetal ultrasound testing. The second-trimester prenatal screening may involve some blood tests
referred to as multiple markers. The markers give information about the risk of giving birth to a
baby having specific congenital di...