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Article: Dilation and history both predict preterm birth.(Women's Health)
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- Family Practice News
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- April 15, 2007
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RENO, NEV. -- Cervical dilatation at presentation and over the 6 hours following admission was highly predictive of preterm birth in women admitted with preterm labor, but obstetric history also contributed important information about which mothers were likely to deliver before 34 or 37 weeks' gestation, according to study findings presented in poster form at the annual meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation.
Dr. Jamie A. Bastek and associates in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, reviewed the records of 400 women with singleton pregnancies who were admitted in preterm labor before 34 weeks' ...