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. 2018 Apr 19;177(6):791–803. doi: 10.1007/s00431-018-3135-9

Table 2.

Table of evidence of diagnostic performance of PMMRI in foetuses, neonates and paediatric patients

Author (ref) Year Study design Anatomical system Outcome parameter Foetuses < 24 weeks of gestation Foetuses > 24 weeks of gestation Neonates and children
Sensitivity (95%CI) Specificity (95%CI) Sensitivity (95%CI) Specificity (95%CI) Sensitivity (95%CI) Specificity (95%CI)
Arthurs [23] 2016 Prospective (MaRIAS) General Main diagnosis or cause of death 40 (23–59) 100 (61–100) 50 (24–76) 100 (68–100) 50 (29–71) 100 (74–100)
Any lesion (cardiac, thoracic, neurologic, abdominal or skeletal) 58 (39–76) 88 (81–93) 79 (57–92) 92 (83–96) 70 (55–82) 84 (76–90)
Cardio-vascular Cardiac lesions 100 (44–100) 86 (69–94) 100 (44–100) 100 (80–100) 63 (31–86) 95 (77–99)
Non-cardiac thoracic Non-cardiac thoracic lesions 20 (4–62) 96 (78–99) 67 (21–94) 87 (62–96) 47 (26–69) 50 (25–75)
Neurological Neurologic lesions 83 (44–97) 52 (32–72) 75 (41–93) 70 (40–89) 100 (76–100) 77 (53–90)
Abdominal Abdominal lesions 40 (12–77) 100 (86–100) 100 (51–100) 93 (69–99) 100 (34–100) 82 (63–92)
Musculo-skeletal Skeletal lesions 60 (23–88) 100 (88–100) 0 (0–79) 100 (82–100) 100 (21–100) 96 (82–99)
Taylor [25] 2014 Prospective (MaRIAS) Cardio-vascular Structural and non-structural heart diseases 82 (59–94) 96 (91–98) 83 (44–97) 94 (87–97) 62 (41–79) 98 (93–100)
Structural heart defects (major and minor) 83 (61–94) 97 (92–99) 100 (57–100) 93 (85–98) 100 (77–100) 98 (94–100)
Major structural heart defects 87 (62–96) 99 (95–100) 100 (51–100) 99 (94–100) 100 (68–100) 100 (97–100)
Votino [26] 2012 Prospective (High-field MRI, 9.4 T) Cardio-vascular Abnormalities of the four-chamber view 67 (30–92) 80 (52–95)
Outflow-tract-abnormalities 75 (20–96) 100 (83–100)
Abnormalities of the aortic arch 100a 100a
Abnormalities of the systemic veins 100a 100a
Arthurs [27] 2014 Prospective (MaRIAS) Non-cardiac thoracic Non-cardiac thoracic abnormalities 30 (17–47) 96 (91–98) 38 (19–61) 88 (79–94) 45 (33–58) 61 (48–72)
Arthurs [28] 2015 Prospective (MaRIAS) Neurological Ischaemic brain injury NA 100 (97–100) 30 (11–60) 90 (81–95) 93 (70–99) 95 (89–98)
Major intracranial bleed 100 (21–100) 99 (95–97) 100 (21–100) 100 (96–100) 100 (82–100) 99 (95–100)
Minor intracranial bleed 100 (21–100) 87 (80–91) 80 (38–96) 99 (93–100) 100 (44–100) 98 (94–100)
Brain malformations 86 (69–94) 90 (83–94) 90 (60–98) 96 (87–99) 100 (57–100) 100 (97–100)
Overall brain pathology 87 (71–95) 69 (60–77) 71 (53–84) 77 (64–86) 98 (90–100) 81 (70–89)
Arthurs [29] 2015 Prospective (MaRIAS) Abdominal Abdominal abnormalities 77 (61–88) 95 (90–98) 65 (41–83) 89 (80–95) 71 (47–87) 87 (79–92)
Arthurs [30] 2014 Prospective (MaRIAS) Musculo-skeletal Skeletal abnormalities 69 (50–84) 100 (97–100) 17 (3–56) 98 (92–99) 31 (13–58) 96 (91–99)

aWhen visualisation was possible