Fetal growth and birthweight standards as screening tools: Methods for evaluating performance

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1477-1483

  Hemming, K ^a   Bonellie, S ^a   Hutton, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight standards; customisation; denominator; fetal growth standards; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEWBORN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 80054045147     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03067.x     Document Type: Article

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