Accuracy of cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin test in predicting risk of spontaneous preterm birth: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the accuracy with which a cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin test predicts spontaneous preterm birth in women with or without symptoms of preterm labour.

Design

Systematic quantitative review of studies of test accuracy.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, PASCAL, Biosis, Cochrane Library, Medion, National Research Register, SCISEARCH, conference papers, manual searching of bibliographies of known primary and review articles, and contact with experts and manufacturer.

Study selection

Two reviewers independently selected and extracted data on study characteristics, quality, and accuracy.

Data extraction

Accuracy data were used to form 2x2 contingency tables with spontaneous preterm birth before 34 and 37 weeks' gestation and birth within 7-

SUBMITTER: Honest H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC117763 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature