A single rapid point-of-care placental growth factor determination as an aid in the diagnosis of preeclampsia

To evaluate the clinical performance of a rapid point-of-care test, Triage PLGF (Alere, San Diego) in the diagnosis of preeclampsia.For the reference range 2212 plasma samples were collected from 595 subjects with normotensive pregnancies, between week 17 of gestation and delivery. In the case-control part, two cohorts of women with preeclampsia (80 women) were matched for maternal age, gestational age (GA) at sampling and parity with...