Antenatal care of women with previous preterm delivery

Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-215

  Varma, Rajesh ^a   James, David ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Cerclage; Cervical incompetence; Cervix; Fibronectins; Labour; Premature; Vaginosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATOSIBAN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRONECTIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NIFEDIPINE; PROGESTERONE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIURIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOLITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 3042798449     PISSN: 09575847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.curobgyn.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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