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Evaluation and Management of Short Cervix during Pregnancy

Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
Cervical shortening and cervical insufficiency are significant risk factors for spontaneous preterm birth, a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality.
Tuba Sarac Sivrikoz, Bilge Cetinkaya , Verda Alpay Turk, Ebru Alici Davutoglu, Ibrahim Halil Kalelioglu   +4 more
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Cellular immune responses in amniotic fluid of women with a sonographic short cervix. [PDF]

J Perinat Med, 2020
Objectives: A sonographic short cervix is one of the strongest predictors of preterm delivery. However, the cellular immune composition of amniotic fluid in women with a short cervix has not yet been described.
Galaz J, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Levenson D, Para R, Varrey A, Hsu R, Tong A, Hassan SS, Hsu CD, Gomez-Lopez N.   +11 more
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Women’s Obstetric History and Midtrimester Cervical Length Measurements by 2D/3D and Doppler Ultrasound [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2020
Objective The aim of the present study was to compare the obstetric history and both two- and tri-dimensional ultrasound parameters according to different cervical lengths.
Juliana Valente Codato Marinelli, Antonio Gomes de Amorim Filho, Monica Fairbanks de Barros, Agatha Sacramento Rodrigues, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Mario Henrique Burlacchini de Carvalho   +5 more
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Cervical Pessary Plus Progesterone for Twin Pregnancy with Short Cervix Compared to Unselected and Non-Treated Twin Pregnancy: A Historical Equivalence Cohort Study (EPM Twin Pessary Study) [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2020
Objective The present study aims to determine if the use of cervical pessary plus progesterone in short-cervix (≤ 25 mm) dichorionic-diamniotic (DC-DA) twin pregnancies is equivalent to the rate of preterm births (PBs) with no intervention in unselected ...
Marcelo Santucci França, Alan Roberto Hatanaka, Valter Lacerda de Andrade Junior, Julio Elito Junior, David Baptista Silva Pares, Tatiana Emy Nishimoto Kawanami Hamamoto, Stephanno Gomes Pereira Sarmento, Rosiane Mattar, Antonio Fernandes Moron   +8 more
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Use of pessary for cervical insufficiency: a discussion

Фундаментальная и клиническая медицина, 2023
Annually, about 15 million of infants are born prematurely, and preterm birth is associated with an increased risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality.
K. V. Marochko, Ya. A. Parfenova, N. V. Artymuk, O. N. Novikova, D. E. Beglov   +4 more
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A study of association of cervical length at 18 weeks and 23 weeks gestation in predicting preterm delivery in twin pregnancies [PDF]

New Indian Journal of OBGYN, 2021
Background: Twin pregnancy complicates 1.4% of all pregnancies but accounts for 15% of neonatal mortality. The ability to predict preterm delivery could allow targeted intervention such as antenatal steroid induction, cervical encerclage and tocolysis ...
Shilpa Bajpai, Devendra Arora, Sushil Chawla   +2 more
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Short cervix and preterm birth in the top end

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2023
AbstractBackgroundReducing rates of preterm birth (PTB) remains a significant challenge. The Northern Territory (NT) records some of the highest rates of PTB in the country, especially in First Nations women. In 2014, a Western Australian (WA) preterm birth prevention initiative involved the implementation of seven key initiatives.
Kiarna Brown, Chor Kiu (Maree) Lam, Michael Binks   +2 more
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Study protocol to quantify the genetic architecture of sonographic cervical length and its relationship to spontaneous preterm birth

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction A short cervix (cervical length <25 mm) in the midtrimester (18–24 weeks) of pregnancy is a powerful predictor of spontaneous preterm delivery.
Shawn J Latendresse, Jerome F Strauss, Timothy P York, Roberto Romero, Hope M Wolf, Sonia S Hassan, Bradley T Webb, Adi L Tarca, Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Chaur-Dong Hsu   +9 more
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Vaginal progesterone in risk reduction of preterm birth in women with short cervix in the midtrimester of pregnancy

International Journal of Women's Health, 2012
Meena KhandelwalDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, USAAbstract: Preterm birth is a major health problem for the neonate, family, country, and society in general. Despite many risk factors being identified for
Khandelwal M
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Trial protocol OPPTIMUM : does progesterone prophylaxis for the prevention of preterm labour improve outcome? [PDF]

, 2012
Background Preterm birth is a global problem, with a prevalence of 8 to 12% depending on location. Several large trials and systematic reviews have shown progestogens to be effective in preventing or delaying preterm birth in selected high risk women ...
Sebire, Neil, Andrew Shennan, Thornton, S, Thornton, Steven, Petrou, Stavros, Marlow, N, Marlow, Neil, Robson Stephen, Tina Lavender, Neil Marlow, Neil Sebire, Robson, S, Sonia Whyte, Norman, Jane E., Norman, Jane E, Whyte, Sonia, Shennan, Andrew, Sebire Neil, Norrie John, Steven Thornton, Lavender Tina, Robson, Stephen, Stavros Petrou, Petrou, S, Lavender, Tina, Sebire, N, Thornton Steven, Marlow Neil, Whyte Sonia, John Norrie, Lavender, T, Stephen Robson, Bennett, Phillip R., Shennan, A, Sebire, Neil J., Bennett, Phillip, Bennett, P, Jane E Norman, Bennett Phillip, Petrou Stavros, Norrie, J, Norman, JE, Shennan Andrew, Phillip Bennett, Norman Jane E, Norrie, John, Whyte, S   +46 more
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