Change in cervical length after arrested preterm labor and risk of preterm birth.

Autor: Rennert KN; Faculty of Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Breuking SH; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Schuit E; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Bekker MN; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Woiski M; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., de Boer MA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Sueters M; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands., Scheepers HCJ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Franssen MTM; Department of Obstetrics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands., Pajkrt E; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Mol BWJ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK., Kok M; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Hermans FJR; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology [Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol] 2021 Nov; Vol. 58 (5), pp. 750-756.
DOI: 10.1002/uog.23653
Abstrakt: Objective: To assess the association between preterm birth and cervical length after arrested preterm labor in high-risk pregnant women.
Methods: In this post-hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial, transvaginal cervical length was measured in women whose contractions had ceased 48 h after admission for threatened preterm labor. At admission, women were defined as having a high risk of preterm birth based on a cervical length of < 15 mm or a cervical length of 15-30 mm with a positive fetal fibronectin test. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association of cervical length measured at least 48 h after admission and of the change in cervical length between admission and at least 48 h later, with preterm birth before 34 weeks' gestation and delivery within 7 days after admission.
Results: A total of 164 women were included in the analysis. Women whose cervical length increased between admission for threatened preterm labor and 48 h later (32%; n = 53) were found to have a lower risk of preterm birth before 34 weeks compared with women whose cervical length did not change (adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 0.24 (95% CI, 0.09-0.69)). The risk in women with a decrease in cervical length between the two timepoints was not different from that in women with no change in cervical length (aOR, 1.45 (95% CI, 0.62-3.41)). Moreover, greater absolute cervical length after 48 h was associated with a lower risk of preterm birth before 34 weeks (aOR, 0.90 (95% CI, 0.84-0.96)) and delivery within 7 days after admission (aOR, 0.91 (95% CI, 0.82-1.02)). Sensitivity analysis in women randomized to receive no intervention showed comparable results.
Conclusion: Our study suggests that the risk of preterm birth before 34 weeks is lower in women whose cervical length increases between admission for threatened preterm labor and at least 48 h later when contractions had ceased compared with women in whom cervical length does not change or decreases. © 2021 The Authors. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
(© 2021 The Authors. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE