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Management of Preterm Birth: Best Practices in Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment
We have not focused on an issue in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America about preventing or delaying preterm delivery in several years. Many advances have received attention in the p...
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William F. Rayburn
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xi-xii
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Preface
Preterm birth, or delivery prior to 37 weeks' gestation, continues to be a major public health concern in the United States and is the leading cause of infant mortality excluding congenital malformat...
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Alice Reeves Goepfert
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Progesterone for Preterm Birth Prevention
27 January 2012
Preterm birth, defined as delivery before 37 weeks of gestation, is the second leading cause of infant mortality in the United States after congenital malformations. Spontaneous preterm birth, due to ...
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Carla E. Ransom,
Amy P. Murtha
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Periodontal Disease and Preterm Birth
02 February 2012
Preterm birth, defined as delivery at fewer than 37 weeks' gestation, is the most common cause of infant morbidity and mortality among nonanomalous infants in the United States. Preterm birth is respo...
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Amanda L. Horton,
Kim A. Boggess
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Cervical Cerclage for the Prevention of Preterm Birth
06 January 2012
Preterm birth continues to among the most problematic obstetrical issues, with an annually increasing incidence, now approaching 13% in the United States. Most are not indicated for maternal/fetal com...
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John Owen,
Melissa Mancuso
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Late Preterm Birth: Management Dilemmas
In 2005 the phrase “late preterm” was introduced by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to characterize infants born between 34 0/7 and 36 6/7 weeks of gestation as a ...
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Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman
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Antenatal Corticosteroids in the Management of Preterm Birth: Are We Back Where We Started?
For nearly three decades, the preterm birth rate has been steadily increasing in the United States, rising by more than 30% during this time period. However, after peaking at 12.8% of all births in 20...
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Clarissa Bonanno,
Ronald J. Wapner
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Antibiotics in the Management of PROM and Preterm Labor
27 January 2012
Preterm labor or premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) continue to account for the majority of the nearly 500,000 preterm births that occur in the United States each year, and are of particular im...
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Brian Mercer
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Tocolytic Therapy for Acute Preterm Labor
06 January 2012
Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality and leads to significant health care costs annually. Despite numerous advances in the care of obstetrical patients, the incidenc...
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Adi Abramovici,
Jessica Cantu,
Sheri M. Jenkins
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Early Term Births: Considerations in Management
06 January 2012
It is often said that the 2 key decisions that obstetricians routinely make address the questions: When is the best time to deliver? and Through what mode should the delivery be undertaken? Ideally, d...
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Luisa Wetta,
Alan T.N. Tita
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Index
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