Should the individual preterm birth risk be incorporated into the embryo transfer policy in in vitro fertilisation? A decision analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 825-833

  Kamphuis, E I ^a   Van Wely, M ^a   Repping, S ^a   Van Der Veen, F ^a   De Groot, C J M ^b   Hompes, P ^b   Mol, B W J ^c   Kazemier, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Double embryo transfer; embryo transfer policy; preterm birth; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TERM BIRTH; TWINS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION TREE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84928047763     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12980     Document Type: Article

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