Ultrasound
Ultrasound ( 6 Questions)
A client is scheduled for an ultrasound in two weeks.
The client asks the nurse if there are any risks associated with having an ultrasound.
What is the best response by the nurse?
Ultrasound has no known risks or complications for the pregnant person or the fetus. This is based on a systematic review of the literature by the World Health Organization (WHO) that found no evidence of adverse maternal or perinatal outcomes, impaired physical or neurological development, increased risk for malignancy in childhood, subnormal intellectual performance or mental diseases associated with ultrasound in pregnancy.
Ultrasound does not cause harm to both the pregnant person and fetus. There is no scientific basis for this claim and it contradicts the findings of the WHO review.
Ultrasound does not cause harm to only the pregnant person. There is no scientific basis for this claim and it contradicts the findings of the WHO review.
Ultrasound does not cause harm to only the fetus. There is no scientific basis for this claim and it contradicts the findings of the WHO review.
Ultrasound has no known risks or complications for the pregnant person or the fetus. This is based on a systematic review of the literature by the World Health Organization (WHO) that found no evidence of adverse maternal or perinatal outcomes, impaired physical or neurological development, increased risk for malignancy in childhood, subnormal intellectual performance or mental diseases associated with ultrasound in pregnancy.
Choice B is wrong because ultrasound does not cause harm to both the pregnant person and fetus. There is no scientific basis for this claim and it contradicts the findings of the WHO review.
Choice C is wrong because ultrasound does not cause harm to only the pregnant person. There is no scientific basis for this claim and it contradicts the findings of the WHO review.
Choice D is wrong because ultrasound does not cause harm to only the fetus. There is no scientific basis for this claim and it contradicts the findings of the WHO review.
Some sources suggest that ultrasound may have some bioeffects on the tissues it traverses, such as thermal or mechanical effects, but these have not been proven to be harmful or clinically significant.