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ArticleBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology2017

Rationale and recommendations for improving definitions, registration requirements and procedures related to fetal death and stillbirth.

K S Joseph, M Basso, C Davies, L Lee, D Ellwood, D B Fell, D Fowler, B Kinniburgh, M S Kramer, K Lim and 5 more

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Article in BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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  2. Time to change Canada's stillbirth definition and regulatory framework.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

K S JosephUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
M BassoChildren's and Women's Hospital and Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
C DaviesChildren's and Women's Hospital and Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
L LeePerinatal Services BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
D EllwoodGold Coast University Hospital and Griffith University, Southport, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia.
D B FellBORN Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
D FowlerNational Abortion Federation, Victoria, BC, Canada.
B KinniburghPerinatal Services BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
M S KramerMcGill University, Montreal, QU, Canada.
K LimUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
P SelkeUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
D ShawUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
A SneddonGold Coast University Hospital and Griffith University, Southport, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia.
A SpragueBORN Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
K WilliamsPerinatal Services BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Fetal DeathPopulation SurveillanceStillbirthVital StatisticsFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPregnancy

Identifiers

PMID27599640
PMCPMC5484358

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