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Maternal-Fetal Medicine
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Bringing a baby into the world is among the most beautiful and wonderful of human experiences, but it can often be accompanied by a fair amount of anxiety and health complications. In the hands of our Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department, the expectant mother gets the guidance, the reassurance, and the sustaining medical support that makes pregnancy the joyous experience that it should be.
Palisades Medical Center Provides Comprehensive Care During Pregnancies
Approximately 30% of women experience a pregnancy-related complication before, during or after delivery.
The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department at Palisades Medical Center provides parents and their babies with comprehensive care during pregnancies.
Our Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department consists of a highly trained support staff including Board-certified perinatologists, high-risk nursing staff, sonographers with expertise in obstetrics, and an experienced administrative staff. The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department also features 3-dimensional (3-D) and 4-dimensional (4-D) ultrasound technology to deliver the best diagnostic information available.
The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Deparment provides:
Consultations
- Preconception
- Perinatal
- Genetic Counseling
Diagnostic evaluations
- First trimester screening, which has a detection rate of 91% of Down's syndrome pregnancies at a 5% false positive rate, and a detection rate of 98%
- Genetic ultrasound
- Doppler velocimetry
- Biophysical profiles
- Nonstress testing
- Amniocentesis
- Ultrasound 3D and 4D capabilities
- CVS
Genetic testing/counseling
Management of medical conditions, such as:
- Preterm labor
- Preeclampsia (toxemia)
- Recurrent pregnancy loss
- Multiple gestation
- Fetal growth restriction
- Heart disease
- Hypertension
- Infectious diseases
- Diabetes and other endocrine disorders
- Kidney or gastrointestinal disease
Recommendations for fetal surgery and treatment when and if necessary
Education and support services
Maternal-Fetal Transport Program
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Palisades Medical Center is the first hospital in the area to offer contingency screening for Down syndrome. This method for combining first and second trimester Down syndrome results offers high detection rates with lower false positive rates than traditional screens. Most women receive their results after the first trimester screen, with only a small percentage of women requiring additional testing.