Perinatal Diagnostic and Treatment Center
Mission Hospital’s Perinatal Diagnostic and Treatment Center (PDTC)
is a referral service for high-risk pregnancies. Your pregnancy is considered
high-risk if you have a medical disorder that complicates your pregnancy,
or if you or your fetus develop a complication during the pregnancy. The
PDTC is staffed by Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) physician subspecialists
(i.e. perinatologists) who are leaders in high-risk obstetric care and
serve as consultants to general obstetricians. A MFM subspecialist is
an obstetrician-gynecologist who has completed two-three years of additional
formal education and clinical experience within a board approved fellowship
program demonstrating competency in the diagnosis and treatment of women
with complications in pregnancy. If your pregnancy is considered high-risk,
your general obstetrician may refer you to the PDTC to help manage your
pregnancy. The health of both mother and baby are carefully assessed by
our specialty trained staff. Our MFM physicians and nurses work closely
with your general obstetrician to ensure the best outcome for your pregnancy.
The PDTC staff are experts in the diagnosis and treatment of high-risk
pregnancy conditions. In cases when the pregnancy is particularly complicated,
or when very close pregnancy supervision is required, the staff can provide
complete obstetrical care and delivery.
Our highly trained specialty staff consists of MFM physician subspecialists
(i.e. perinatologists), certified registered nurses, genetic counselors,
and registered dieticians who provide care with a personalized touch for
high-risk pregnant women and their families.
Mission Hospital PDTC offers a wide range of prenatal diagnostic and consultative
services including:
- MFM physician consultations from preconception through delivery
- Ultrasounds to assess for fetal anomalies
- Antenatal screening for fetal chromosomal anomalies
- Amniocentesis
- Genetic counseling
- Satellite referral center for the California State Prenatal Screening Program
- Antepartum testing (nonstress tests and biophysical profiles)
- Doppler studies
- 4-D ultrasounds
- Diabetes education and management
- Nutritional education
Some examples of maternal and fetal conditions most commonly served include:
- Multiple gestations (twins, triplets, quadruplets)
- Fetal anomalies
- History of fetal or genetic anomalies in a prior pregnancy
- History of stillbirth
- History of recurrent pregnancy loss
- History of preterm birth or preterm labor
- History of poor obstetrical outcome in a prior pregnancy
- Cervical incompetence
- History of cervical surgery
- Advanced maternal age
- IVF pregnancy
- Diabetes (gestational diabetes, Type I, Type II)
- Maternal thrombophilias (e.g. antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, Factor
V Leiden, prothrombin gene mutation, MTHFR mutation carrier)
- Lupus
- Maternal hypertension
- Maternal cardiac disease
- Maternal lung disease
- Maternal thyroid disease
- History of blood clots
The PDTC MFM physicians work closely with the neonatologists and other
pediatric subspecialists at CHOC Children’s at Mission Hospital.
We value this partnership and are committed to providing the best care
possible to ensure the best outcomes for you and your baby.
To schedule an appointment, please call (949) 364-4228, Monday through
Friday, between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.