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ReviewUltrasound (Leeds, England)2018

Ultrasound surveillance in twin pregnancy: An update for practitioners.

R Townsend, A Khalil

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Review in Ultrasound (Leeds, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Changes in sVEGFR-1 and sVEGFR-2 Levels Following Fetoscopic Laser Photocoagulation in Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Implications for Fetal demise Prediction.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

R TownsendFetal Medicine Unit, St. George's University of London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3438-7069
A KhalilFetal Medicine Unit, St. George's University of London, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasound has revolutionised the management of multiple pregnancies and their complications. Increasing frequency of twin pregnancies mandates familiarity of all clinicians with the relevant pathologies and evidence-based surveillance and management protocols for their care. In this review, we summarise the latest evidence relating to ultrasound surveillance of twin pregnancies including first trimester assessment and screening, growth surveillance and the detection and management of the complications of monochorionic pregnancies including twin-to-twin-transfusion syndrome, selective fetal growth restriction, twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence and conjoined twinning.

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dichorionicmonochorionicscreeningTwinsultrasound

Identifiers

PMID30479634
PMCPMC6243450

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