**Congenital Fetal Anomalies and the Role of Prenatal Ultrasound Ultrasound**

**Congenital Fetal Anomalies and the Role of Prenatal** 

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.71907

Fanni Rebeka Erős and Artúr Beke

Fanni Rebeka Erős and Artúr Beke Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.71907

#### **Abstract**

The ultrasound is the most widely used diagnostic tool in obstetrics nowadays, in particular in the detection of developmental disorders. However, it is important to know which are those disorders that can be detected prenatally with great certainty, and which ones can be detected only partially or not at all prior to giving birth. Pregnant women have high expectations, that any abnormalities should be fully recognizable and detected early during pregnancy, and this often leads to damages lawsuits. Thus, the right information is essential, so the doctors providing information also must have up to date knowledge about the effectiveness of ultrasound diagnostics. Prenatal diagnostics also entails enormous medical professional responsibility, since the consequences of an accidental inaccurate diagnosis can have significant consequences for both the fetus and the family. Thus, it is important to determine that how early and in what proportion the ultrasound protocol of the current Hungarian pregnancy care system is able to detect the individual disorder groups.

**Keywords:** congenital malformations, prenatal ultrasound, ultrasound detection
