Identification of pregnancies at increased risk of brachial plexus birth palsy - the construction of a weighted risk score
(2014) In Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 27(3). p.252-256- Abstract
- Objective: Since it is difficult to identify women at increased risk of fetal brachial plexus birth palsy (BPBP) during labor and delivery, we aimed to construct and validate a risk score. Methods: A retrospective case-control study was undertaken in 2001 and 2006 in an urban context in Malmo, Sweden. A risk score was constructed for all women who had received routine municipal maternal health care at Skane University Hospital (n = 10 459). The model was validated among all pregnant women with BPBP and controls in Sweden between 2006 and 2007. Results: The likelihood of BPBP increased as the risk score rose: 3.1% of the women studied had a risk score >= 5, including 32.1% of the BPBP cases, where the risk showed a 38-fold increase, as... (More)
- Objective: Since it is difficult to identify women at increased risk of fetal brachial plexus birth palsy (BPBP) during labor and delivery, we aimed to construct and validate a risk score. Methods: A retrospective case-control study was undertaken in 2001 and 2006 in an urban context in Malmo, Sweden. A risk score was constructed for all women who had received routine municipal maternal health care at Skane University Hospital (n = 10 459). The model was validated among all pregnant women with BPBP and controls in Sweden between 2006 and 2007. Results: The likelihood of BPBP increased as the risk score rose: 3.1% of the women studied had a risk score >= 5, including 32.1% of the BPBP cases, where the risk showed a 38-fold increase, as compared to those with a risk score <= 1 (2/3 of the population). Conclusion: Our findings indicate that it is possible to identify women at increased risk of having a child with BPBP by using variables observable in advance of delivery. (Less)
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- Lindqvist, Pelle G. ; Ajne, Gunilla ; Cooray, Charith ; Erichs, Kristina ; Gudmundsson, Saemundur LU and Dahlin, Lars LU
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- 2014
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Birth weight, brachial plexus, brachial plexus birth palsy, prediction, risk, score, shoulder dystocia
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- Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
- volume
- 27
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 252 - 256
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
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- wos:000329578400007
- scopus:84891946757
- ISSN
- 1476-7058
- DOI
- 10.3109/14767058.2013.809415
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- English
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- yes
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- 250f0439-d9b4-4ce0-91b7-087f83e78c09 (old id 4319528)
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