Diagnosis or prognosis? An umbrella review of mid-trimester cervical length and spontaneous preterm birth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical length is widely used to assess a woman's risk of spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB).

Objectives

To summarise and critically appraise the evidence from systematic reviews on the prognostic capacity of transvaginal sonographic cervical length in the second trimester in asymptomatic women with singleton or twin pregnancy.

Search strategy

Searches were performed in Medline, Embase, CINAHL and grey literature from 1 January 1995 to 6 July 2021, including keywords 'cervical length', 'preterm birth', 'obstetric labour, premature', 'review' and others, without language restriction.

Selection criteria

We included systematic reviews including women who did not receive treatments to reduce SPTB risk.

Data collection and analysis

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SUBMITTER: Hughes K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10953024 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature