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Screening for spontaneous preterm birth
van Os, M.A.
2015
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van Os, M. A. (2015). Screening for spontaneous preterm birth.
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Contents
Chapter 1 General introduction and outline of the thesis 11
Part one:
Preterm birth; the problem
23
Chapter 2 Individualizing the risk for preterm birth: an overview of the literature.
Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2013 8(5), 435–442
25
Part two:
Who is at risk for preterm birth?
43
Chapter 3 Preventing Preterm birth with Progesterone: costs and effects of screeninglow-risk women with a singleton pregnancy for short cervical length, the Triple P study.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2011. Oct 24;11:77.
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Chapter 4 The capacity of mid-pregnancy cervical length to predict preterm birth in low-risk women: a national cohort study.
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. conditionally accepted.
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Chapter 5 Comparison of Perinatal Outcome of Preterm Births Starting in Primary Care versus Secondary Care in the Netherlands: A Retrospective Analysis
of Nationwide Collected Data.
Obstetrics and Gynecology International. 2014;2014 423575.
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Part three: Cervical length and sonography of the cervix
103
Chapter 6 The effect of e learning on the quality of cervical length measurements.
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2014 Dec 11
105
Chapter 7 Influence of cut-off value on the prevalence of short cervical length. Submitted
119
Chapter 8 Is cervical length associated with maternal characteristics?
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 2015 May;188:12-16.
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Chapter 9 Mid-pregnancy cervical length in nulliparous women and its correlation with post-term delivery and intrapartum caesarean delivery.
American Journal of Perinatology 2015 May 9
147
Part four: Treatment to prevent preterm birth
163
Chapter 10 Preventing preterm birth with progesterone in women with a short cervical length from a low-risk population: a multicentre double-blind placebo-controlled randomised trial.
American Journal of Perinatology 2015 March 4
165
Part five:
Women’s preference
181
Chapter 11 Patient’s preferences for measuring cervical length and treatment with progesterone in relation to preterm birth.
Journal of Health & Medical Informatics. 2015 June 10
183
Chapter 12 General discussion 203
Chapter 13 Summary 218
Nederlandse samenvatting 224 List of co-authors and their affiliations 231 Dankwoord Melanie van Os 232 Portfolio Melanie van Os 235 Curriculum Vitae Melanie van Os 236 Dankwoord Jeanine van der Ven 237 Portfolio Jeanine van der Ven 238 Curriculum Vitae Jeanine van der Ven 239
