Agustín Conde-Agudelo1, Roberto Romero, Sonia S Hassan, Lami Yeo. 1. Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Institutes of Health/Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the accuracy of transvaginal sonographic cervical length (CL) in predicting spontaneous preterm birth in women with twin pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review and metaanalysis of predictive test accuracy. RESULTS: Twenty-one studies (16 in asymptomatic women and 5 in symptomatic women) with a total of 3523 women met the inclusion criteria. Among asymptomatic women, a CL <or=20 mm at 20-24 weeks' gestation was the most accurate in predicting preterm birth <32 and <34 weeks' gestation (pooled sensitivities, specificities, and positive and negative likelihood ratios of 39% and 29%, 96% and 97%, 10.1 and 9.0, and 0.64 and 0.74, respectively). A CL <or=25 mm at 20-24 weeks' gestation had a pooled positive likelihood ratio of 9.6 to predict preterm birth <28 weeks' gestation. The predictive accuracy of CL for preterm birth was low in symptomatic women. CONCLUSION: Transvaginal sonographic CL at 20-24 weeks' gestation is a good predictor of spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women with twin pregnancies. Copyright (c) 2010. Published by Mosby, Inc.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the accuracy of transvaginal sonographic cervical length (CL) in predicting spontaneous preterm birth in women with twin pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review and metaanalysis of predictive test accuracy. RESULTS: Twenty-one studies (16 in asymptomatic women and 5 in symptomatic women) with a total of 3523 women met the inclusion criteria. Among asymptomatic women, a CL <or=20 mm at 20-24 weeks' gestation was the most accurate in predicting preterm birth <32 and <34 weeks' gestation (pooled sensitivities, specificities, and positive and negative likelihood ratios of 39% and 29%, 96% and 97%, 10.1 and 9.0, and 0.64 and 0.74, respectively). A CL <or=25 mm at 20-24 weeks' gestation had a pooled positive likelihood ratio of 9.6 to predict preterm birth <28 weeks' gestation. The predictive accuracy of CL for preterm birth was low in symptomatic women. CONCLUSION: Transvaginal sonographic CL at 20-24 weeks' gestation is a good predictor of spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women with twin pregnancies. Copyright (c) 2010. Published by Mosby, Inc.
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