Small-for-gestational age and large-for-gestational age thresholds to predict infants at risk of adverse delivery and neonatal outcomes: Are current charts adequate? An observational study from the Born in Bradford cohort

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Norris, T ^a   Johnson, W ^b   Farrar, D ^c   Tuffnell, D ^d   Wright, J ^c   Cameron, N ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSISTANCE DURING LABOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BORN IN BRADFORD CHART; BRITISH CITIZEN; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATION RELATED OPTIMAL WEIGHT CHART; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LABOR INDUCTION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTANI; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSTOCIA; ETHNOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926454314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006743     Document Type: Article

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