Pessary use for the treatment of cervical incompetence and prevention of preterm labour

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1493-1499

  Kimber Trojnar, Zaneta ^a   Patro Małysza, Jolanta ^a   Leszczyska Gorzelak, Boena ^a   Marciniak, Beata ^a   Oleszczuk, Jan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bishop score; cervical incompetence; Pessary; pregnancy; preterm labour

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; NIFEDIPINE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERINATAL DEATH; PH; PNEUMONIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TOCOLYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; VAGINA PESSARY; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PESSARIES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE; VAGINA;

EID: 78249265305     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767051003678093     Document Type: Article

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