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citywife
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quad screen...
Everything I read online says how inaccurate this test is (false positives and false negatives)... so what is the point?!
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Posted 5/17/11 5:05 PM  |
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MrsG72907
Mommy of 2 girls!
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Re: quad screen...
ive actually never heard of it until the other day when someone posted about it. it really stinks that there can be so many false results.
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| Posted 5/17/11 5:13 PM |
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Rycois
Blessed with 2blue/2pink
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Re: quad screen...
I don't really understand the term false positive because the test is not meant to be definitive - just evaluate risk.
So now I have a risk of 1 in 19 that DC has Down Syndrome. If my child is born without DS, I won't say the test was "wrong" - just that I was not that "1" - I was one of the other 18, KWIM??
Believe me, right now I am cursing these tests and I can't make heads or tail what to think - but they are assigning you a risk and I guess we all have to take it for what it's worth...
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| Posted 5/17/11 6:38 PM |
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MrsH2009
Thank you St. Gerard!
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Re: quad screen...
I didn't do it, my ob discourages doing it.
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| Posted 5/17/11 6:43 PM |
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Re: quad screen...
Posted by citywife
Everything I read online says how inaccurate this test is (false positives and false negatives)... so what is the point?!
It's not diagnostic at all, it's to see if there is a need for further testing.
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| Posted 5/17/11 10:23 PM |
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ohbaby08
Winter is Coming
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Re: quad screen...
That is why I opted out of this test twice. They will see any issues at the 20-week anatomy scan, so I didn't see the point of getting a potential bad result from this test and then still having to wait for 20 weeks to see if there was actual a problem. I wasn't planning to do an amnio.
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| Posted 5/18/11 8:08 AM |
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buttercup
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Re: quad screen...
Posted by LiveForMoments
Posted by citywife
Everything I read online says how inaccurate this test is (false positives and false negatives)... so what is the point?!
It's not diagnostic at all, it's to see if there is a need for further testing.
This is it.. it just gives you a ratio and its upto the patient and the doc to decide if they need further testing..
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| Posted 5/18/11 8:13 AM |
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