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ArticleJournal of prenatal medicine2008

Preterm delivery at low gestational age: risk factors for short latency. A multivariated analysis.

Sara Marzano, Francesco Padula, Paolo Meloni, Maurizio Marco Anceschi

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Article in Journal of prenatal medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Preterm Deliveries in Women with Uterine Myomas: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 authors.

Sara MarzanoInstitute of Gynecology, Perinatology and Child Health University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Francesco Padula
Paolo Meloni
Maurizio Marco Anceschi

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study is to identify the risk factors for a short latency in preterm delivery at low gestational ages (GA). STUDY

designA retrospective analysis involving, between January 2004 and May 2006, 204 singleton pregnancies with admission diagnosis of preterm labor and, in particular, 91 pregnant women admitted between 24+0 and 31+6 weeks' gestation.

resultsIn pregnant women with a diagnosis of preterm labor at 24-31+6 weeks' gestation, at ROC curve, a value of considering WBC and cervical dilatation, combined in the following formula (75.237 - (2.290 * "WBC") - (10.787 * "cervical dilatation")) <=33.101 has a 74.2% Sensitivity and a 78.3% Specificity in predicting a latency =< 4 days (+LR 3.42 and -LR 0.33) and a 70% Sensitivity and a 84.3% Specificity in predicting GA at delivery at 24-31 weeks' gestation (+LR 4.46 and -LR 0.36).

conclusionWe suggest a more strictly monitoring and a more aggressive therapy in presence of prognostic parameters of shorter latency.

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latencypreterm deliverypreterm labor

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PMID22439021
PMCPMC3279082

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