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ArticleJournal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine2022

Relationship of Amniotic Fluid Sludge and Short Cervix With a High Rate of Preterm Birth in Women After Cervical Cerclage.

Yingmin Huang, Xiaowen Liang, Jianyi Liao, Yingtao Li, Zhiyi Chen

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Article in Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Amniotic Sludge and Prematurity: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2023
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yingmin HuangDepartment of Ultrasound Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaowen LiangDepartment of Ultrasound Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jianyi LiaoDepartment of Ultrasound Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yingtao LiGuangzhou Medical Centre for Critical Pregnant Women, Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Disease of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhiyi ChenDepartment of Ultrasound Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5973-4522
Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

Clinical Research 4310 Program of the First Affiliated Hospital of The University of South China 4310-2021-K06Major Research Projects of Universities in Guangdong Province 2019KZDZX1032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe aims to determine the relationship of amniotic fluid sludge (AFS) and/or short cervical length (CL, ≤25 mm) with a high rate of preterm birth in women after cervical cerclage.

methodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted among singleton pregnancies after cervical cerclage between January 2018 and December 2021. A total of 296 patients who underwent transvaginal ultrasound to evaluate CL and the presence of AFS within 2 weeks after cerclage were included. Pregnancy outcome after cerclage was analyzed in accordance with the presence of AFS and CL ≤25 mm.

resultsIn patients with cerclage, AFS was an independent risk factor for preterm birth at <28 and <36 weeks but not for preterm birth at <32 weeks, and CL ≤25 mm was an independent risk factor for preterm birth at <28, <32, and <36 weeks. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the association between the presence of AFS and short gestational age at delivery was statistically significant in women with CL ≤25 mm (log rank test, P = .000). The Cox regression analysis showed that these results remained significant after adjusting for confounding factors (P = .000). The negative linear relationships between AFS and CL (R = -0.454, P < .001) also explained the outcome.

conclusionsAFS and short cervix have a direct effect on pregnancies after cerclage. Mid-trimester AFS can become a supplementary ultrasound index for detecting preterm birth after cerclage in pregnant women with a short cervix.

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Cerclage, CervicalPremature BirthAmniotic FluidCervical Length MeasurementCervix UteriFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPregnancyRetrospective StudiesSewageSewageamniotic fluid sludgecervical cerclagecervical lengthpreterm birth

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PMCPMC9790537
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