Accuracy of single progesterone test to predict early pregnancy outcome in women with pain or bleeding: meta-analysis of cohort studies.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Verhaegen, Jorine; D. Gallos, Ioannis; M. Van Mello, Norah; Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed; Takwoingi, Yemisi; Harb, Hoda; J. Deeks, Jonathan; W. J. Mol, Ben; Coomarasamy, Arri
- Source
- BMJ: British Medical Journal. 10/20/2012, Vol. 345 Issue 7879, p18-18. 1p. 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *EVALUATION of medical care
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*HEMORRHAGE
*META-analysis
*PAIN
*PROGESTERONE
*RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*PREGNANCY
- Language
- ISSN
- 1756-1833
The article discusses a meta-analysis of cohort studies to determine the sufficiency of a single progesterone measurement test to indicate the viability of a pregnancy. The results suggest that a single progesterone measurement accurately discriminates between a viable and non-viable pregnancy for women in early pregnancy with pain or bleeding and can rule out a viable pregnancy in women with inconclusive ultrasound examinations.