Precocious cervical ripening as a screening target to predict spontaneous preterm delivery among asymptomatic singleton pregnancies: A systematic review

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-156

  Li, Qing ^a   Reeves, Mathew ^a   Owen, John ^b   Keith, Louis G ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; precocious cervical ripening; precursor; prediction; preterm delivery; screening; translational research

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; EMBASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRECOCIOUS CERVICAL RIPENING; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS PRETERM DELIVERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; LABOR STAGE 1; MASS SCREENING; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROCEDURES; UTERINE CERVIX;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; MASS SCREENING; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84921630975     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.07.003     Document Type: Review

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