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Perinatal outcomes in singletons following in vitro fertilization: a meta-analysis.

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In vitro fertilization patients should be advised of the increased risk for adverse perinatal outcomes and should not only manage these pregnancies as high risk but also avoid iatrogenic harm caused by elective preterm labor induction or cesarean.
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This article is published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.The article was published on 2004-03-01. It has received 1081 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Low birth weight & Small for gestational age.

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Epidemiology and causes of preterm birth

TL;DR: A short cervical length and a raised cervical-vaginal fetal fibronectin concentration are the strongest predictors of spontaneous preterm birth.
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Assisted reproductive technologies and the risk of birth defects—a systematic review

TL;DR: Pooled results from all suitable published studies suggest that children born following ART are at increased risk of birth defects compared with spontaneous conceptions.
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Obstetric and perinatal outcomes in singleton pregnancies resulting from IVF/ICSI: a systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR: Singletons pregnancies after IVF/ICSI are associated with higher risks of obstetric and perinatal complications when compared with spontaneous conception, and further research is needed to determine which aspect of assisted reproduction technology poses most risk and how this risk can be minimized.
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Why do singletons conceived after assisted reproduction technology have adverse perinatal outcome? Systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR: Subfertility is a major risk factor for adverse perinatal outcome in ART singletons, however, even in the same mother an ART singleton has a poorer outcome than the non-ART sibling; hence, factors related to the hormone stimulation and/or IVF methods per se also may play a part.
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Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for publication bias.

TL;DR: In this paper, an adjusted rank correlation test is proposed as a technique for identifying publication bias in a meta-analysis, and its operating characteristics are evaluated via simulations, and the test statistic is a direct statistical analogue of the popular funnel-graph.
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Meta-Analysis, Decision Analysis, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Methods for Quantitative Synthesis in Medicine

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a meta-analysis of utility and cost-utility analysis with a focus on the effect of heterogeneity in the utility utility analysis and cost effectiveness analysis.
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Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

TL;DR: Review of selected elementary statistics random sampling relative risk and odds ratio attributable risk adjustment of data without use of multivariate models and comparison of numerical results for various methods of adjustment the primacy of data collection.
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meta-analysis bias in location and selection of studies

TL;DR: That meta-analysis holds potential problems can be illustrated by contrasting the conclusions of two meta-analyses comparing low molecular weight heparins and standard heparin in the prevention of thrombosis after surgery.
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The risk of major birth defects after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in vitro fertilization.

TL;DR: Infants conceived with use of intracytoplasmic sperm injection or in vitro fertilization have twice as high a risk of a major birth defect as naturally conceived infants.
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