Prediction of spontaneous preterm birth: No good test for predicting a spontaneous preterm birth

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 422-433

  Honest, Honest ^a   Hyde, Chris J ^b   Khan, Khalid S ^c  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

number needed to test; preterm birth testing; spontaneous preterm birth; systematic reviews; test accuracy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRIOL; FIBRONECTIN; GELATINASE B; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ABDOMEN; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BREATHING MECHANICS; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; FUNNEL CHEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME MONITORING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PALPATION; PERIODONTAL EXAMINATION; PERIODONTITIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINITIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84870248204     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328359823a     Document Type: Review

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