Prediction of successful expectant management of first trimester miscarriage: Development and validation of a new mathematical model

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-63

  Casikar, Ishwari ^a   Lu, Chuan ^b   Reid, Shannon ^a   Condous, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expectant management; logistic regression model; miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84874053675     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12053     Document Type: Article

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