PBL Questions

Question 1

What does the dating scan check for?

Answer 1

Estimated date of delivery (EDD)

Number of babies expected

Position of baby

Baby’s development

The dating scan can also include a nuchal translucency scan as part of the combined screening test for Down’s syndrome.

Question 2

What does the second scan offered by the NHS look for?

Answer 2

Looks in details at baby’s bones, heart, brain, spinal cord, face, kidneys and abdomen.

It also looks for 11 rare conditions.

Question 3

What are the eleven rare conditions the 18 - 21 week scan looks for?

Answer 3

Anencephaly

Open Spina Bifida

Cleft Lip

Diaphragmatic hernia

Gastroschisis

Exomphalos

Serious cardiac abnormalities

Bilateral renal agenesis

Lethal Skeletal Dysplasia

Edward’s syndrome (T18)

Patau’s syndrome (T13)

Question 4

When is the first scan offered by the NHS conducted?

Answer 4

At 8 to 14 weeks

Question 5

When is the second scan offered by the NHS conducted?

Answer 5

At 18 to 21 weeks

Question 6

What does sympathomimetic mean?

Answer 6

Any action similar to one produced by the sympathetic nervous system