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Article: Consider underlying pathology; Fetal surveillance: match the test to the risk.(Obstetrics)
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- OB GYN News
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- July 15, 2004
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NEW YORK -- Fetal surveillance in high-risk pregnancies should be based on the specific underlying pathophysiologic threat, Dr. Anthony M. Vintzileos said at an obstetrics symposium sponsored by Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital.
"There is no one test that predicts everything, so we must look at the fetus as any doctor looks at a patient: We try to identify the pathophysiologic process that puts them at risk, then figure out what type of testing they deserve," said Dr. Vintzileos, professor and acting chair of the department of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J.