Prepared by:
Duke Evidence-based Practice Center
Durham, NC
Evan R. Myers, M.D., M.P.H
Richard Blumrick, M.D.
Andrea L. Christian, B.A.
Santanu Datta, M.B.A., M.S.
Rebecca N. Gray, D.Phil.
Jane T. Kolimaga, M.A.
Elizabeth Livingston, M.D.
Andrea Lukes, M.D., M.H.Sc.
David B. Matchar, M.D.
Douglas C. McCrory, M.D., M.H.Sc.
Investigators
File Name Description Software Version File Size __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 57KB 10 pages Contents: Title Page, Preface, Structured Abstract, Table of Contents 02summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 67KB 10 pages Contents: Summary: Overview, Reporting the Evidence, Methodology, Findings, Future Research 03chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 108KB 14 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Background; Normal Variation versus Pathology; Errors in Dating; Burden of Illness; Risks Associated with Prolonged Pregnancy; Scope and Purpose; Patient Populations; Practice Settings; Target Audiences 04tbl1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 35KB 1 page Contents: Table 1. Observed relationship between gestational age and stillbirth risk 05chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 78KB 8 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Topic Assessment and Refinement; Literature Search and Selection; Data Abstraction; Quality Scoring; Quality Control Procedures; Supplemental Data Sources; Supplemental Analyses 06fig1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 82KB 1 page Contents: Figure 1. Diagrammatic representation of causal pathway 07tbl2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 21KB 1 page Contents: Table 2. Original search strategy 08tbl3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 21KB 1 page Contents: Table 3. Additional search terms suggested by advisory panel 09tbl4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 29KB 1 page Contents: Table 4. Number of articles identified, by literature database 10tbl5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 55KB 1 page Contents: Table 5. Results of abstract screening and full-text article reviews 11chap3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 399KB 42 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Question 1. Test Characteristics and Costs of Measures; Question 2. Planned Induction vs. Expectant Management; Question 3. Benefits, Risks and Costs of Interventions; Question 4. Differences in Epidemiology and Outcomes According to Race, SES, and Age 12tbl6&7.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 1 page Contents: Table 6. Number of articles providing sensitivity and specificity data, by test studied; Table 7. Outcomes reported in association with test results in 2-by-2 tables 13tbl8.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 141KB 6 pages Contents: Table 8. Nonstress test performance characteristics 14tbl9.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 38KB 1 page Contents: Table 9. Specific fetal heart rate abnormalities on antepartum testing 15tbl10.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 29KB 1 page Contents: Table 10. Test performance characteristics of contraction stress testing using oxytocin 16tbl11.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 141KB 4 pages Contents: Table 11. Amniotic fluid volume measurement for oligohydramnios based on various criteria 17tbl12.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 42KB 2 pages Contents: Table 12. Components of biophysical profile scores in included studies 18tbl13.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 44KB 1 page Table 13. Simple biophysical profile test performance characteristics 19tbl14.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 38KB 1 page Contents: Table 14. Complex biophysical profile test performance characteristics 20tbl15.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 39KB 1 page Contents: Table 15. Doppler examination of umbilical artery flow test performance characteristics 21tbl16.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 46KB 1 page Contents: Table 16. Accuracy of antenatal fetal weight estimation for predicting macrosomia 22tbl17.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 28KB 1 page Contents: Table 17. Components of the Bishop score 23t18&19.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 36KB 1 page Contents: Table 18. Bishop score test performance characteristics; Table 19. Fetal fibronectin test performance characteristics 24tbl20.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 36KB 1 page Contents: Table 20. Perinatal mortality (excluding deaths due to congenital abnormalities) 25tbl21.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 35KB 1 page Contents: Table 21. Overall cesarean section rates 26t22&23.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 47KB 1 page Contents: Table 22. Summary odds ratios for cesarean section in randomized trials of elective induction versus expectant management; Table 23. Mean maternal length of stay, induction versus expectant management 27tbl24.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 74KB 3 pages Contents: Table 24. Perinatal outcomes, induction versus monitoring 28tbl25.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 70KB 3 pages Contents: Table 25. Maternal outcomes, induction versus monitoring 29tbl26.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 73KB 3 pages Contents: Table 26. Resource use, induction versus monitoring 30tbl27.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 45KB 1 page Contents: Table 27. Sweeping of the membranes to promote labor and reduce need for induction 31tbl28.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 44KB 1 page Contents: Table 28. Misoprostol tablets versus PGE2 gel 32tbl29.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 31KB 1 page Contents: Table 29. Births by race of mother (1998 birth certificate data) 33tbl30.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Table 30. Percent distribution of selected secondary discharge diagnoses, by race, in patients with discharge diagnosis of "prolonged pregnancy" 34tbl31.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 33KB 1 page Contents: Table 31. Percent distribution of selected secondary discharge diagnoses, by payer, in patients with discharge diagnosis of "prolonged pregnancy" 35chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 41KB 5 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions: Summary of Findings; Research Implications; Limitations of the Current Literature; Limitations of the Report; Suggested Strategies for Using this Report 36chap5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 36KB 4 pages Contents: Chapter 5. Future Research: Estimation of Risks Associated with Prolonged Gestation; Testing Methods; Planned Induction versus Expectant Management; Interventions for Induction; Special Populations 37refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 81KB 9 pages Contents: References 38abbrs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 26KB 2 pages Contents: Abbreviations Used in the Report and Evidence Tables 39etbl1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 852KB 86 pages Contents: Evidence Table 1. Studies Relevant to Question 1 40etbl2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 306KB 27 pages Contents: Evidence Table 2. Studies Relevant to Question 2 41etbl3a.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 628KB 59 pages Contents: Evidence Table 3. Studies relevant to Question 3 42etbl3b.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 531KB 51 pages Contents: Evidence Table 3. Studies relevant to Question 3 (continued) 43biblio.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 208KB 29 pages Contents: Bibliography 44app1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 150KB 10 pages Contents: Appendix 1. Data Abstraction Form 45app2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 2002 53KB 2 pages Contents: Appendix 2. Evidence Table Template __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 02-E018
Current as of May 2002
Internet Citation:
Management of Prolonged Pregnancy. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 53. AHRQ Publication No. 02-E018, May 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/plprginv.htm
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