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SUS to offer thrombophilia examination in São Paulo

SUS to offer thrombophilia examination in São Paulo

The Unified Health System - SUS now offers the women of São Paulo (SP) the test capable of detecting thrombophilia, which is the tendency that one has to suffer a thrombosis. This condition generates the formation of blood clots in one or more veins located in the lower part of the body, usually in the legs.

The examination, guaranteed by the new law 16,599, is performed with only one blood sample, indicating if the patient carries genetic susceptibility to thrombosis. If so, the doctor will look at other factors that, in addition to genetic risk, may further increase a woman's chances of suffering the condition.

Thrombosis risk factors include family history, gestations, use hormonal contraceptive methods with estrogen, smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol and triglycerides, among others.


Second-trimester fetal ultrasonography: what is the test?

Second-trimester fetal ultrasonography: what is the test?

Second-trimester fetal ultrasonography is the one performed between 20 and 24 weeks of gestational age (or the beginning of the 21st to the end of the 24th week) of pregnancy. It is an ultrasound examination that consists of evaluating the structures of each segment of the fetus (head, neck, spine, chest, abdomen, external genitalia and extremities) and of the amniotic fluid, umbilical cord and placenta with color Doppler .

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Ministry of Health broadens access to contraceptive IUD in SUS

Ministry of Health broadens access to contraceptive IUD in SUS

The Ministry of Health has expanded access to the copper IUD, a non-hormonal contraceptive method, in the public health network. Before, the possibility of acquiring the IUD was only via Basic Health Units (UBSs). According to the document, the copper IUD will be made available by the states, municipalities and the Federal District (DF) to the maternity hospitals of the SUS, for "postpartum contraception or immediate post-abortion".

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