Digital decision aid for prenatal counseling in imminent extreme premature labor: development and pilot testing [PDF]
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2022 Background In case of extreme premature delivery at 24 weeks of gestation, both early intensive care and palliative comfort care for the neonate are considered treatment options.
Josephus F. M. van den Heuvel +5 more
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Progesterone in women with arrested premature labor, a report of a randomised clinical trial and updated meta-analysis [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017 Background Progesterone may be effective in prevention of premature birth in some high risk populations. Women with arrested premature labor are at risk of recurrent labor and maintenance therapy with standard tocolytics has not been successful.
Stephen Wood +4 more
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Threatened abortion, threatened premature labor, and preterm birth during the first state of emergency for COVID-19 in 2020 in Japan. [PDF]
J Obstet Gynaecol Res, 2022 This study examined the maternal experience of threatened abortion, threatened premature labor, or preterm birth before, during, and after the first state of emergency for COVID‐19 in 2020 in Japan.
Okawa S +4 more
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Prenatal Diagnosis of a Segmental Small Bowel Volvulus with Threatened Premature Labor. [PDF]
Case Rep Obstet Gynecol, 2017 Fetal primary small bowel volvulus is extremely rare but represents a serious life-threatening condition needing emergency neonatal surgical management to avoid severe digestive consequences. We report a case of primary small bowel volvulus with meconium
Monard B +3 more
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Diagnostic Potential of Evaluation of SDF-1α and sRAGE Levels in Threatened Premature Labor. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2016 Preterm birth remains the most prevalent cause of neonatal morbidity. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of SDF-1α, resistin, secretory RAGE (sRAGE), and endogenous secretory RAGE (esRAGE) in preterm labor.
Rzepka R +6 more
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Development and effects of a webtoon education program on preventive self-management related to premature labor for women of childbearing age: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2022 Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop a webtoon education program on preventive self-management related to premature labor (PSM-PL) for women of childbearing age, to evaluate its effects, and to assess the usability of webtoon education for ...
Sun-Hee Kim
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The prevention, diagnosis and treatment of premature labor. [PDF]
Dtsch Arztebl Int, 2013 BACKGROUND The percentage of preterm births in Germany is high at 9%, but stable. 77% of cases of perinatal death are in prematurely born infants. Intensive research efforts are being directed toward the development of new means of primary and secondary ...
Schleußner E.
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Ritodrine HCL for the Prevention of Premature Labor in Twin Pregnancies [PDF]
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae, 1974 The perinatal mortality rate for twin gestation is in the range of 15%, and this is due predominantly to prematurity, although twins may also be born growth retarded.
Curtis L. Cetrulo, Roger K. Freeman
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Further study of the inhibition of premature labor by indomethacin Part II double-blind study [PDF]
Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 1984 In the etiology of premature labor prostaglandins fulfill a significant role. It is known that indomethacin is a strong inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis.
Henryk Zuckerman +3 more
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Premature labor and neonatal sepsis caused by Actinomyces neuii
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2019 Actinomycosis is a rare infection in patients younger than 10 years of age. It mainly affects the cervicofacial region, but many other sites of infection have been recognized.
Fahad Alsohime +5 more
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