Article: Amniocentesis fetal loss rate 1:327 for ob.gyns. (Earlier Study Questioned).

LOS ANGELES -- The midtrimester amniocentesis-related fetal loss rate appears to be much lower than previously reported, whether the procedure is performed by an ob.gyn. or a perinatologist, a study of nationwide claims data revealed.

Ob.gyns. had a fetal loss rate of 1:327 and perinatologists a loss rate of 1:386 in a study tracking outcomes of 28,613 midtrimester amniocentesis procedures in a nationwide HMO database between January 1998 and August 2000.

The total fetal loss rate in the large study was reassuringly low, Dr. Joanne C. Armstrong reported in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and ...

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