A color-coded tape for uterine height measurement: A tool to identify preterm pregnancies in low resource settings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Althabe, Fernando ^a   Berrueta, Mabel ^a   Hemingway Foday, Jennifer ^b   Mazzoni, Agustina ^a   Bonorino, Carolina Astoul ^a   Gowdak, Andrea ^a   Gibbons, Luz ^a   Bellad, M B ^c   Metgud, M C ^c   Goudar, Shivaprasad ^c   Kodkany, Bhalchandra S ^c   Derman, Richard J ^d   Saleem, Sarah ^e   Iqbal, Samina ^f   Ala, Syed Hasan ^g   Goldenberg, Robert L ^h   Chomba, Elwyn ⁱ   Manasyan, Albert ^j,l   Chiwila, Melody ⁱ   Imenda, Edna ⁱ   Mbewe, Florence ⁱ   Tshefu, Antoinette ^k   Lokomba, Victor ^k   Bose, Carl L ^l   Moore, Janet ^b   Meleth, Sreelatha ^b   McClure, Elizabeth M ^b   Koso Thomas, Marion ^m   Buekens, Pierre ⁿ   Belizán, José M ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f Sobhraj Maternity Hospital   (Pakistan)

^g Sindh Government Qatar Hospital   (Pakistan)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^j CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^k Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^m EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

ⁿ TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COLOR CODED TAPE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS FUNDUS HEIGHT; ZAMBIA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CODING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CLINICAL CODING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; ROC CURVE; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926388776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117134     Document Type: Article

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