ArticleUltrasound (Leeds, England)2018
Fetal adrenal gland biometry and cervical elastography as predictors of preterm birth: A comparative study.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of cervical elastography in predicting preterm delivery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Fetal Adrenal Gland Biometry and Middle Adrenal Artery Doppler in Pregnancies Presenting with Preterm Labor: A Prospective Case-Control Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Cervical Elastography as a Predictive Tool for Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Cureus · 2025Review
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Cervical Tactile Ultrasound Technique as a Predictive Tool for Spontaneous Preterm Birth.Open journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the stiffness of normal cervix and its change with different factors using transvaginal two-dimensional shear wave elastography under strict quality control.BMC medical imaging · 2023Article
- The importance of fetal adrenal gland volume measurement in successful labor induction with oxytocin.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2022Article
- Use of shear wave elastography on the maternal cervix to recognise cervical insufficiency using a transabdominal ultrasound approach.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2021Article
- Role of placenta accreta index in prediction of morbidly adherent placenta: A reliability study.Ultrasound (Leeds, England) · 2021Article
- Predictive value of cervical length by ultrasound and cervical strain elastography in labor induction at term.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Observational
- Uterocervical Angle and Cervical Length as a Tool to Predict Preterm Birth in Threatened Preterm Labor.International journal of women's health · 2021Article
- Relationship between cervical elastography and spontaneous onset of labor.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Longitudinal adrenal gland measurements and growth trajectories as risk markers for late preterm delivery.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Shear wave elastography of the uterine cervix under different conditions with inter-operator agreement analysis.Polish journal of radiology · 2020Article
- Cervical Characterization with Tactile-Ultrasound Probe.Open journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Article
- Quantitative assessment of cervical softening during pregnancy with shear wave elasticity imaging: anInterface focus · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPreterm birth is a major health problem in developing and developed countries leading to rising health care costs and long-term neurodevelopmental disability. The study aims to evaluate the role of new quantitative markers, like the elastography of cervix (shear wave speed estimation), fetal adrenal zone enlargement, and corrected fetal adrenal gland volume; in preterm birth prediction and analyze their relative importance. Thus, these markers may be beneficial in early preterm birth detection and prevent the related morbidities.
methodsThirty pregnant females (from 28 to 37 weeks of gestational age), showing clinical signs and delivery outcome of preterm birth were included in the study with an equal number of not-in-labor antenatal females at ≥37 weeks as controls. These patients were categorized as preterm and term groups. Both the groups were subjected to trans-abdominal ultrasonography where cervical length, cervical shear wave speed (dynamic elastography) and fetal adrenal gland parameters were measured.
resultsShear wave speed estimation of the antenatal cervix showed the highest sensitivity and specificity (96.7% and 87% respectively) in the prediction of preterm birth and also showed a strong correlation with fetal adrenal gland enlargement. Fetal adrenal zone enlargement was also shown to be a reliable marker of preterm birth, however, with reduced sensitivity and specificity than shear wave speed.
conclusionThe elastographic advancement and fetal adrenal biometry derived quantitative markers can be used as an objective and standard criterion for accurate prediction of preterm birth.
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