PREPARE: protocol for a stepped wedge trial to evaluate whether a risk stratification model can reduce preterm deliveries among women with suspected or confirmed preterm pre-eclampsia

• Main Authors: Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias (Author), Leandro De Oliveira (Author), Arundhanthi Jeyabalan (Author), Beth Payne (Author), Christopher W. Redman (Author), Laura Magee (Author), Lucilla Poston (Author), Lucy Chappell (Author), Paul Seed (Author), Peter von Dadelszen (Author), James Michael Roberts (Author), PREPARE Research Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Preeclampsia (PE) is a major cause of short and long-term morbidity for affected infants, including consequences of fetal growth restriction and iatrogenic prematurity. In Brazil, this is a special problem as PE accounts for 18% of preterm births (PTB). In the PREPARE (Prematurit...