Accuracy of single progesterone test to predict early pregnancy outcome in women with pain or bleeding: meta-analysis of cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the accuracy with which a single progesterone measurement in early pregnancy discriminates between viable and non-viable pregnancy.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, ProQuest, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, and the Cochrane Library from inception until April 2012, plus reference lists of relevant studies.

Study selection

Studies were selected on the basis of participants (women with spontaneous pregnancy of less than 14 weeks of gestation); test (single serum progesterone measurement); outcome (viable intrauterine pregnancy, miscarriage, or ectopic pregnancy) diagnosed on the basis of combinations of pregnancy test, ultrasound scan, lapa

SUBMITTER: Verhaegen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3460254 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature