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Prenatal panel

A prenatal panel is a group of early-pregnancy blood tests used to identify conditions that could affect the pregnant person or baby.

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Routine blood tests in pregnancy

Routine blood tests in pregnancy

Why routine blood tests are part of prenatal care Pregnancy places extra demands on the cardiovascular, hematologic, endocrine, renal, and immune systems. Routine blood testing gives clinicians a baseline early in pregnancy and helps detect conditions that may be silent at first. For example, anemia may develop gradually, hepatitis B infection may be asymptomatic, and […]