Obstetric management of moderate and late preterm labour

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 138-142

  McParland, P C ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibronectin; Preterm labour; Preterm rupture of membranes; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRONECTIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CESAREAN SECTION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS MONITORING; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LABOR; LABOR ONSET; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROID THERAPY; TOCOLYSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINITIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FIBRONECTINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84858751961     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2012.01.013     Document Type: Review

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