Universal maternal cervical length screening during the second trimester: Pros and cons of a strategy to identify women at risk of spontaneous preterm delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-106

  Parry, Samuel ^a   Simhan, Hyagriv ^b   Elovitz, Michal ^a   Iams, Jay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervix; preterm birth; progesterone; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STANDARD; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNIVERSAL MATERNAL CERVICAL LENGTH SCREENING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84864410796     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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