ArticleHealth services research2018
Does the Use of Diagnostic Technology Reduce Fetal Mortality?
Article in Health services research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05059093 (Developing and Testing Deep Learning Models for Fetal Biometry and Amniotic Volume Assessment in Routine Fetal Ultrasound Scans), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Developing and Testing Deep Learning Models for Fetal Biometry and Amniotic Volume Assessment in Routine Fetal Ultrasound Scans
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Fetal biometry and amniotic fluid volume assessment end-to-end automation using Deep Learning.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Is the increasing prevalence of labor induction accompanied by changes in pregnancy outcomes? An observational study of all singleton births at gestational weeks 37-42 in Norway during 1999-2019.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2023Observational
- STAN and fetal deaths.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2022Article
- The impact of the introduction of intrapartum fetal ECG ST segment analysis. A population study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2022Article
- Does the use of Doppler ultrasound reduce fetal mortality? A population study of all deliveries in Norway 1990-2014.International journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Routine induction in late-term pregnancies: follow-up of a Danish induction of labour paradigm.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Does the use of diagnostic technology reduce fetal mortality?Health services research · 2019Review
- Temporal changes in fetal death risk in pregnancies with preeclampsia: Does offspring birthweight matter? A population study.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the effect that the introduction of new diagnostic technology in obstetric care has had on fetal death. DATA SOURCE: The Medical Birth Registry of Norway provided detailed medical information for approximately 1.2 million deliveries from 1967 to 1995. Information about diagnostic technology was collected directly from the maternity units, using a questionnaire. STUDY
designThe data were analyzed using a hospital fixed-effects regression with fetal mortality as the outcome measure. The key independent variables were the introduction of ultrasound and electronic fetal monitoring at each maternity ward. Hospital-specific trends and risk factors of the mother were included as control variables. The richness of the data allowed us to perform several robustness tests. PRINCIPAL FINDING: The introduction of ultrasound caused a significant drop in fetal mortality rate, while the introduction of electronic fetal monitoring had no effect on the rate. In the population as a whole, ultrasound contributed to a reduction in fetal deaths of nearly 20 percent. For post-term deliveries, the reduction was well over 50 percent.
conclusionThe introduction of ultrasound made a major contribution to the decline in fetal mortality at the end of the last century.
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