Ongoing rapid growth in the need for genetic services has the potential to severely strain the
capacity of the clinical genetics workforce to deliver this care. Unfortunately, assessments of …

Ontario Midwifery Program and the Niday Perinatal Database. These programmes worked
together to normalize their data and build a robust, web-based data-collection and reporting …

Purpose Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a highly sensitive and specific method for
detection of fetal chromosomal aneuploidies from maternal plasma. The objective of this …

Abstract Objective Non‐Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) is increasingly being implemented
worldwide. In public health programs, equitable access to healthcare is a fundamental …

Cell-free DNA-based noninvasive prenatal testing (cfDNA) is a relatively new screening tool
that analyzes cfDNA circulating in maternal plasma to screen for aneuploidies. Since its …

Background Population-based COVID-19 vaccine coverage estimates among pregnant
individuals are limited. We assessed temporal patterns in vaccine coverage (≥ 1 dose …

Objective Ontario offers a publicly funded modified contingent model of prenatal screening
for aneuploidy in which cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) screening is covered for pregnancies at …

Importance Ultrasonographic measurement of fetal nuchal translucency is used in prenatal
screening for trisomies 21 and 18 and other conditions. A cutoff of 3.5 mm or greater is …

Objectives The objectives of this study were to investigate recent trends in non‐invasive
prenatal testing (NIPT) utilisation, including factors associated with geographical variation …

Genetic counselors have both the burden and the privilege of supporting patients who are
faced with making difficult decisions. In the prenatal setting, genetic counselors are …