A critical review of the Cochrane meta-analysis of routine late-pregnancy ultrasound.
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Publication Date
2021-01Journal Title
BJOG
ISSN
1470-0328
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
128
Issue
2
Pages
207-213
Language
eng
Type
Article
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AM
Physical Medium
Print-Electronic
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Smith, G. (2021). A critical review of the Cochrane meta-analysis of routine late-pregnancy ultrasound.. BJOG, 128 (2), 207-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16386
Abstract
A Cochrane review of universal late-pregnancy ultrasound has been highly influential in guiding UK practice, concluding that it does not improve outcome. However, the meta-analysis combines trials that used diverse definitions of screen positive, were designed in the absence of high-quality data on diagnostic effectiveness and did not couple screening to an effective intervention. Moreover, even if the trials had combined a highly effective screening test with a highly effective intervention, the sample size was 15% of that required to study perinatal death. It is not known whether universal late-pregnancy ultrasound confers benefit on the mother or baby. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: Despite >50 years of research, we do not know whether universal late-pregnancy ultrasound confers benefit on the mother or baby.
Keywords
Humans, Pregnancy Complications, Ultrasonography, Prenatal, Reproducibility of Results, Predictive Value of Tests, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Trimester, Second, Female, Meta-Analysis as Topic
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16386
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/307111
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