Current Fetal Ultrasound Practices Could Increase Risks, Studies Suggest

30 Jul 2015

A sharp increase in the use of fetal ultrasounds in recent years in women with healthy pregnancies from an average of 2 scans to 5 scans per pregnancy and recent warnings from medical societies could prompt FDA to look more closely at possible risks to the fetus from ultrasound.

FDA may need to revisit its upper-end limits for ultrasound scans and a 2008 guidance

addressing use of fetal ultrasounds in light of a documented rise in the number of fetal ultrasounds expectant mothers currently...