Comments on: Prenatal Screenings http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2010/01/04/prenatal-screenings/ Tips for parenting, pregnancy, and all things baby... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisa Mitchell http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2010/01/04/prenatal-screenings/comment-page-1/#comment-102705 Lisa Mitchell Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:42:41 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=1720#comment-102705 Denbeau, Thank you for your comment. I still disagree that screenings are 100%. Yes, there purpose is to assess risk, however, even my doctor, and several others I have talked to admit that false positives are very common with screenings. The screenings really are only a stepping stone to more invasive testing. Thanks again for stopping by and I appreciate your comment. Denbeau,

Thank you for your comment. I still disagree that screenings are 100%. Yes, there purpose is to assess risk, however, even my doctor, and several others I have talked to admit that false positives are very common with screenings. The screenings really are only a stepping stone to more invasive testing.

Thanks again for stopping by and I appreciate your comment.

]]> By: Denbeau http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2010/01/04/prenatal-screenings/comment-page-1/#comment-102632 Denbeau Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:37:37 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/?p=1720#comment-102632 Excellent post; the only quibble I would have is with the opening sentence of the final paragraph. Screening is used to assess risk. Every test does that successfully (assuming that the gestational age is appropriate, etc.). So the result from screening is 100%, because the objective (to assess risk) is successful; screening is not diagnostic. Having said that, then the 'often' should be 'only', since that is the purpose of screening. Excellent post; the only quibble I would have is with the opening sentence of the final paragraph. Screening is used to assess risk. Every test does that successfully (assuming that the gestational age is appropriate, etc.). So the result from screening is 100%, because the objective (to assess risk) is successful; screening is not diagnostic. Having said that, then the ‘often’ should be ‘only’, since that is the purpose of screening.

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