Predictive Value of Midtrimester Universal Cervical Length Screening Based on Parity

Autor: Alison G. Cahill, Jeffery M. Dicke, Nandini Raghuraman, Joshua I. Rosenbloom, George A. Macones, Molly J. Stout, Methodius G. Tuuli, Lorene A. Temming
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 39:147-154
ISSN: 1550-9613
0278-4297
DOI: 10.1002/jum.15091
Popis: OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of parity on performance characteristics of midtrimester cervical length (CL) in predicting spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) before 37 weeks. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of 13,508 women with no history of sPTB undergoing universal transvaginal CL screening at 17 to 23 weeks' gestation from 2011 to 2016. Patients who declined screening or with unknown delivery outcomes were excluded. Areas under the receiver operator characteristic curves were used to assess and compare the predictive ability of CL screening for sPTB. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were estimated for specific CL cutoffs for prediction of sPTB. RESULTS There were 20,100 patients, of whom 2087 (10%) declined screening and 4505 (22%) did not meet inclusion criteria. Of the remaining 13,508 patients, 43% were nulliparous. The incidence rates of sPTB were 6.5% in nulliparas and 4.9% in multiparas (P
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