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Research type:

 Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review) 

Title (lead author) etc:

 Methods of prediction and prevention of pre-eclampsia: systematic reviews of accuracy and effectiveness literature with economic modelling  (Meads) 270 pages, Volume 12, number 6

DOI

 10.3310/hta12060
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Headline:

 Study suggests the most cost-effective approach to reducing pre-eclampsia is likely to be the provision of an effective, affordable and safe intervention applied to all pregnant women without prior testing to assess levels of risk. 

This report should be referenced as follows:

 Meads C A, Cnossen J S, Meher S, Juarez-Garcia A, ter Riet G, Duley L, et al. Methods of prediction and prevention of pre-eclampsia: systematic reviews of accuracy and effectiveness literature with economic modelling. Health Technol Assess 2008;12(6).

Project ref:

 01/64/04 

Original project title:

 Methods of prediction and prevention of pre-eclampsia - Systematic reviews of accuracy and effectiveness literature with economic modelling 

Chief Investigator:

 Professor Khalid Khan, Prof of Women's Health and Clinical Epidemiology, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London

Start Date:

 January 2004  

Date of publication in HTA journal series

 March 2008

Cost:

 £319,054 

MeSH* index primary terms:

 PRE-ECLAMPSIA Q-prevention-&-control; PRENATAL-DIAGNOSIS Q-standards (* = Medical Subject Headings)

MeSH* index secondary terms:

 HUMAN; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY-AND-SPECIFICITY; DATA-COLLECTION Q-standards  (* = Medical Subject Headings)

NRR* number, if applicable:

 N0484128007 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.

Project Protocol:

 Project protocol not available

Printed copies of this title despatched:

 116 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)

Downloads/Views of electronic version from website:

 64387 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 27th July 2010.

URL of this page:

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Outputs from this project

  • Cnossen, JS; de, Ruyter-Hanhijarvi H; van, der Post JAM; Mol, BWJ; Khan, KS; ter, Riet G. Accuracy of serum uric acid determination in predicting pre-eclampsia: a systematic review. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2006;85(5):519-25.
  • Duley, L; Meher, S; Abalos, E. Managemant of pre-eclampsia. BMJ. 2006 Feb 25;332(7539):463-8..
  • Cnossen, JS; van der Post, JAM; Mol, BWJ; Khan, KS; Meads, CA; ter Riet, G. Prediction of preeclampsa: a protocol for systematic reviews of test accuracy.. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2006 Oct 19;6:29..
  • Leeflang, MMG; Cnossen, JS; van der Post, JAM; Mol, BWJ; Khan, KS; ter Riet, G. Accuracy of fibronectin tests for the prediction of preeclampsia: a systematic review. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2007 Feb 9; [Epub ahead of print].
  • Leeflang, MMG; Cnossen, JS; van, der Post JAM; Mol, BWJ; Khan, KS; ter, Riet G. Accuracy of fibronectin tests for the prediction of preeclampsia: a systematic review. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2007 Feb 9.
  • Cnossen, JS; Leeflang, MMG; de Hann, EEM; Mol, BWJ; van der Post, JAM; Khan, KS; ter Riet, G. Accuracy of body mass index to predict preeclampsia: systematic review and bivariate meta-analysis. BJOG. 2007 Dec;114(12):1477-85. Epub 2007 Sep 27.
  • Cnossen, JS; Morris, RK; ter Riet, G; Mol, BWJ; van der Post, JAM; Coomarasamy, A; Zwinderman, AH; Robson, SC; Bindels, PJE; Kleijnen, J; Khan, KS. Use of uterine artery Doppler ultrasonography to predict pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction: a systematic review and bivariable meta-analysis. JAMC CMAJ. 2008 March 11; 178(6): 701 - 711.
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