Preterm birth prevention
| Autor: | Eduardo Borges da Fonseca, Rievani Damião, Daniela Aires Moreira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Preterm labor medicine.drug_class Symptomatic treatment Antibiotics macromolecular substances Cervix Uteri environment and public health Obstetric Labor Premature Pregnancy medicine Humans Preterm delivery Progesterone Ultrasonography integumentary system Obstetrics business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine Neonatal morbidity Transvaginal ultrasound Neonatal outcomes Premature Birth Female business |
| Zdroj: | Best practiceresearch. Clinical obstetricsgynaecology. 69 |
| ISSN: | 1532-1932 |
| Popis: | Preterm birth (PTB), which occurs in about 12% of pregnancies worldwide, is the main cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Symptomatic treatment of pregnancies presenting in preterm labor with corticosteroids and antibiotics has improved neonatal outcomes but has not reduced the incidence of PTB. Evidence suggests that the rate of PTB may be reduced by the prophylactic use of progesterone in women with a previous history of preterm delivery and in those with a short cervical length identified by routine transvaginal ultrasound. This review summarizes the evidence (level A evidence) of the effectiveness of progesterone on the rate of PTB. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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