How accurate are maternal symptoms in predicting impending complications in women with preeclampsia? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 564-573

  Thangaratinam, Shakila ^a   Gallos, Ioannis D ^b   Meah, Neki ^c   Usman, Sa'Ada ^c   Ismail, Khaled M K ^c   Khan, Khalid S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; fetal; maternal; preeclampsia; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; NAUSEA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 79956190637     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01111.x     Document Type: Review

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