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    • Introduction
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    • Abbreviations
    • Gestational Age & EDD Estimation Methods
  • The Warnings
    • NGF & Bergen Group
    • BPD Is Problematic
    • Background: OTPD, LMPD, etc.
  • Risks, Mistakes & Harms
    • Medical Risks, Mistakes & Harms
    • Ultrasound Exam Without Consent
    • Scandal of Poor Medical Research
  • Ethics & Plagiarism
    • HUTCHON TIMELINE
    • Hutchon: NCFM, UOG & ISUOG
    • Research-based Research Misconduct
    • Norway's National Research Ethics Committees
    • Research Ethics Acts: 2017 & 2006
    • Plagiarism: Authors & Publications
    • Plagiarism-based Publications (4 of 22) >
      • Taipale & Hiilesmaa 2001
      • Eik-Nes et al. 2005
      • Gjessing et al. 2007
      • Salomon et al. 2010
  • Academic Ethos
    • NTNU, NCFM & 2012 NTNU Thesis
    • NTNU, NCFM & Hutchon
    • NTNU, NCFM & Ethos
  • Corruption
    • Bending Science
    • "The Fix"
    • NCFM eSnurra Group
    • Sturla Eik-Nes: Background
    • Ministry of Health & Directorate of Health
    • Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
    • New Methods System
  • Documents (Evidence)
    • Hutchon Publications >
      • Hutchon 1998
      • Hutchon 2001
    • Correspondence >
      • 15.11.2013 Hdir & HOD Request to NOKC
      • 02.07.2014 NOKC Reply to Hdir
      • 13.10.2014 Hdir Letter to HOD
      • 03.12.14 NGF Letter to DNLF Re Hdir
      • 10.12.2014 Hdir eSnurra Policy Letter
      • 13.04.2015 HDIR Letter in Dagens Medisin
      • 17.04.2015 DNLF & Hdir Meeting Minutes
    • Health & Research Acts >
      • Patient and User Rights Act
      • Research Ethics Act
      • Medical & Health Research Act
      • Health Personnel Act
      • Law on State Investigative Commission for Health and Care Services
      • Special Health Services Act
      • Act on State Supervision of Health and Care Services
    • Product Control Act
  • NTNU, NCFM & Ethos
Abbreviations
18wUSE  18-week ultrasound exam (a.k.a. routine 18wUSE)
AC  abdominal circumference (fetal metric)
ACOG  American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ADD  actual date of delivery
AGA  appropriate for gestational age
AIUM  American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
a.k.a.  also known as
ALLEA  European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (All European Academies)
APRIN  ​Association for the Promotion of Research Integrity (Japan)
BM  U.K. Bachelor of Medicine = Norway's Cand.Med  = U.S. MD
BMUS  British Medical Ultrasound Society
BPD  biparietal diameter (ear-to-ear skull diameter, fetal metric)
cand. med.  Norwegian Candidate of Medicine = U.K. BM = U.S. MD
CEA  cost-effectiveness assessment
CESDI Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy
CI  cephalic index = BPD/OFD x 100; ratio to quantify head shape
CI  confidence interval
COPE  Committee on Publication Ethics
CRL  crown rump length (fetal metric)
CSE  Council of Science Editors
DDG  date de début de grossesse (date of the beginning of pregnancy)
DNLF  Den Norske Legeforening (The Norwegian Medical Association, also the name of the associated medical journal)
DRP  Detrimental Research Practices
dr.med  Norwegian Doctor Medicinæ = U.K. Med.Sc.D. ≈ U.S. MD, Phd
EBW estimated birth weight
ECV external cephalic version (external, manual procedure to turn a fetus from breech to vertex for vaginal delivery; see UpToDate)
EDD  estimated date of delivery or estimated delivery day
EIHP  evidence-informed health policymaking
ENERI  European Network of Research Ethics and Research Integrity
ENRIO  European Network of Research Integrity Officers
EUREC  European Network of Research Ethics Committees
EUnetHTA  European Network for Health Technology Assessment
EUS  early ultrasound (Canada)
FEK  
Norwegian National Research Ethics Committees (Nasjonale forskningsetiske komiteene)
FET  frozen embryo transfer (IVF method)
FGR  fetal growth restriction (same as IUGR)
FHI Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt (same as Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH))
FL  femur length (fetal metric)
FUD  fear, uncertainty and doubt
GA  gestational age
GEL  greatest embryonic length ​(embryonic/fetal metric)
GRADE  (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations -- GRADE is Cochrane's recommended approach.)
GRU  National Committee for the Investigation of Research Misconduct (Granskingsutvalget) 
HC  head circumfrence (fetal metric)
hCG  human chorionic gonadotropin ("the pregnancy hormone")
Hdir  Norwegian Health Directorate (Helsedirektoratet)
HOD  Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet)
HSPM  Health Systems & Policy Monitor ​(see Terminology, Definitions & Explanations)
HTA  Health Technology Assessment (see Terminology, Definitions & Explanations)
HTAi  Health Technology Assessment international 
ICMJE  International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (commonly known as 'Vancouver Group')
ICSI  intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF method)
IKT  Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi (Information and communication technology)
INAHTA  International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment
IQR  interquartile range or interquantile range (a robust measure of the spread or deviation of a distribution)
ISUOG  International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (UOG is the official journal)
ITD  interval to delivery (ITD days = ADD - USD)
IUGR  intrauterine growth restriction (intrauterin veksthemming) (same as FGR)
IVF  in vitro fertilization
IVFD  in vitro fertilization date  (key pregnancy date)
LBW  low birth weight (<2500 grams)
LGA  large for gestational age
LH  luteinizing hormone (peak surge signals ovulation imminent)
LMP  last menstrual period
LMPD last menstrual period date (key pregnancy date)
LMPD/OTPD/SCID  combined, fully corroborating, factual key pregnancy dates to establish the beginning of pregnancy and, thereby, GA & EDD; only IVF could be more accurate, but only in terms of hours, not weeks and days.
MAD  mean abdominal diameter (fetal metric)
MAD/mad  median absolute deviation
MBRN  Medical Birth Registry of Norway
​MPMD  Menstrual-period-missed date  (key pregnancy date)
NCFM  National Center for Fetal Medicine (Nasjonalt senter for fostermedisin (NSFM), Trondheim, Norway ["The National Center for Fetal Medicine was formally shut down July 7, 2011. National Treatment Service for Advanced Invasive Fetal Medicine [(Nasjonal behandlingstjeneste for avansert invasiv fostermedisin)] was approved by new regulations and new working rules on the same day." (Source: Evaluering av nasjonal- og flerregional behandlingstjenester 2014, Navn på tjenesten: Nasjonal behandlingstjeneste for avansert invasiv fostermedisin, Lokalisering: St. Olavs Hospital HF)]
NCPRE  National Center for Professional & Research Ethics (Illinois, U.S.)
NEM  National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (Nasjonale forskningsetiske komité for medisin og helsefag​)
NENT  National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (Nasjonale forskningsetiske komité for naturvitenskap og teknologi)
NESH  National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (Nasjonale forskningsetiske komite for samfunnsvitenskap og humaniora)
NGF Norsk gynekologisk forening (Norwegian Society of Gynecology & Obstetrics) 
NICE  National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (U.K.)
NICU  Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NIH  National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
NIPH  Norwegian Institute of Public Health (same as FHI  Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt)
NMA  Norwegian Medical Association
NOKC  Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services (Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter for helsetjenesten) [Note: In January of 2016, NOKC separated from Directorate of Health and joined the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) and is now NIPH Division of Health Services.]
NPE  Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation
NSF  National Science Foundation (U.S.)
NSFM  Nasjonalt senter for fostermedisin (National Center for Fetal Medicine) [See: NCFM]
NTNU  Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universite (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
OFD  occipitofrontal diamater (back-to-front skull diameter, fetal metric)
OR  odds ratio
ORI  Office of Research Integrity (U.S.)
OTPD  ovulation-test-positive date (key pregnancy date)
PAPPA  pregnancy-associated plasma protein A
PDEE  Population-based Direct EDD Estimation (Hutchon Method of PDEE)
PRINTEGER  Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in Research
QRP  Questionable Research Practices
RCR  Responsible Conduct of Research
REK  Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (Regionale komiteene for medisinsk og helsefaglig forskningsetikk)
RHF  Regionale helseforetak (Regional Health Business)
RINO  Research Integrity in Norway Project
RW  Retraction Watch (www.RetractionWatch.com)
SBU  Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment
SCID  single-coitus-insemination date  (key pregnancy date)
SGA  small for gestational age
SMFM  Society for Maternal · Fetal Medicine
SMM  Norwegian Centre for Health Technology Assessment (Senter for medisinsk metodevurdering) [Replaced by NOKC]
SR  systematic review (e.g., of studies in the literature)
TUL  Norwegian EDD policy defined as: term according to unilateral ultrasound (ultralyd); all other available evidence is obviated
UDI  Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (Utlendingsdirektoratet)
UiB  University of Bergen
UiO  University of Oslo
UiT  University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway​
UKRI  UK Research and Innovation
UKRIO  UK Research Integrity Office
UL  ultralyd (ultrasound)
UOG  Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (also known as The White Journal), the official journal of ISUOG)
​US  ultrasound (ultralyd)
USD  ultrasound date
WAME  World Association of Medical Editors
WHO  World Health Organisation 
ZIFT  zygote intrafallopian transfer (IVF method)
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​Introduction
Key Concepts & Terms

"If you see fraud and don't shout fraud, you are a fraud." --Motto of Nassim Nicholas Taleb, (his Home Page)
“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”  --Mark Twain (attributed)
​“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people ​what they do not want to hear.” --George Orwell  [Note: The idea to use this quote attributed to Espen Egil Hansen]
Copyright: (© 2017 Lannon & Fæmundshytten)
Citation: Lannon E, Fæmundshytten L (2017) LailasCase.com
Data Availability Statement: Data are available; requests will be considered.
Funding: none; more specifically: "zero, zip, zilch, nada"

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  • Introduction & More
    • Introduction
    • Key Concepts, Contexts & Terms
    • Abbreviations
    • Gestational Age & EDD Estimation Methods
  • The Warnings
    • NGF & Bergen Group
    • BPD Is Problematic
    • Background: OTPD, LMPD, etc.
  • Risks, Mistakes & Harms
    • Medical Risks, Mistakes & Harms
    • Ultrasound Exam Without Consent
    • Scandal of Poor Medical Research
  • Ethics & Plagiarism
    • HUTCHON TIMELINE
    • Hutchon: NCFM, UOG & ISUOG
    • Research-based Research Misconduct
    • Norway's National Research Ethics Committees
    • Research Ethics Acts: 2017 & 2006
    • Plagiarism: Authors & Publications
    • Plagiarism-based Publications (4 of 22) >
      • Taipale & Hiilesmaa 2001
      • Eik-Nes et al. 2005
      • Gjessing et al. 2007
      • Salomon et al. 2010
  • Academic Ethos
    • NTNU, NCFM & 2012 NTNU Thesis
    • NTNU, NCFM & Hutchon
    • NTNU, NCFM & Ethos
  • Corruption
    • Bending Science
    • "The Fix"
    • NCFM eSnurra Group
    • Sturla Eik-Nes: Background
    • Ministry of Health & Directorate of Health
    • Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
    • New Methods System
  • Documents (Evidence)
    • Hutchon Publications >
      • Hutchon 1998
      • Hutchon 2001
    • Correspondence >
      • 15.11.2013 Hdir & HOD Request to NOKC
      • 02.07.2014 NOKC Reply to Hdir
      • 13.10.2014 Hdir Letter to HOD
      • 03.12.14 NGF Letter to DNLF Re Hdir
      • 10.12.2014 Hdir eSnurra Policy Letter
      • 13.04.2015 HDIR Letter in Dagens Medisin
      • 17.04.2015 DNLF & Hdir Meeting Minutes
    • Health & Research Acts >
      • Patient and User Rights Act
      • Research Ethics Act
      • Medical & Health Research Act
      • Health Personnel Act
      • Law on State Investigative Commission for Health and Care Services
      • Special Health Services Act
      • Act on State Supervision of Health and Care Services
    • Product Control Act
  • NTNU, NCFM & Ethos