… preterm birth or not—although systematic reviews have reported modest associations for
prior surgical uterine evacuation, they were unable to adjust for all potential confounders [85], […

… The World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a systematic review of the worldwide …
Data extracted for that review and relevant to the estimation of preterm birth rates are used …

… of the costs of preterm birth and low birth weight incurred … systematically review published
and unpublished evidence regarding the economic implications of preterm birth and low birth …

… To avoid waste of scarce resources, we propose a method for systematic reviews of
guidelines as a prudent first step in the development of practice guidelines. We welcome …

… This systematic review indicates that preterm and early term birth were associated with
modestly increased mortality in adulthood among persons born in the last ~50 years. Most …

Objective To determine the risk of recurrent spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) following
sPTB in singleton pregnancies. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis using random …

… in women with a previous history of preterm delivery and in those with a short cervical length
identified by routine transvaginal ultrasound. This review summarizes the evidence (level A …

… We systematically searched for data on preterm birth for 194 … For 38 countries with high-quality
data for preterm births in 2014, … regression model to estimate preterm birth rates. We also …

… Births that follow spontaneous preterm labour and PPROM—together called spontaneous
preterm births—… Risk factors for spontaneous preterm births include a previous preterm birth, …

… The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature to examine
the association between prepregnancy maternal BMI and the risk of PTB and to quantify the …