A universal mid-trimester transvaginal cervical length screening program and its associated reduced preterm birth rate Presented as an oral presentation at the 36th annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Atlanta, GA, February 1-6, 2016.

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 365.e1-365.e5

  Son, Moeun ^a   Grobman, William A ^a   Ayala, Nina K ^a   Miller, Emily S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

no previous preterm birth; preterm birth rate; transvaginal cervical length; universal screening program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRANSVAGINAL CERVICAL LENGTH; ADOLESCENT; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977467234     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.12.020     Document Type: Article

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