OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of ritodrine sustained release capsules for maintaining uterine quiescence after successful treatment of active preterm labour. DESIGN Multicentre placebo-controlled trial. SETTING Five teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS Women (n = 95) at less than 35 weeks of gestation in whom active preterm labour had been stopped with intravenous ritodr...

Objectives: To assess and compare the maintenance of tocolysis in preterm labor by using vaginal intramuscular progesterone. Study design: Randomized controlled trial. Settings study duration: Department Obstetrics & Gynecology, Civil Hospital, Bahawalpur between 12th March 2019 11th September Materials Methods: A total 96 women ranging from 18 40 years age presented with threatened labour,...

Drs. Elliott and Morrison recently published a narrative review about the effectiveness of oral and subcutaneous maintenance of tocolytic agents following successful arrest of acute preterm labor [1]. The authors conclude that subcuta-neous terbutaline pump is beneficial and safe for maintenance of tocolysis based on all the available evidence. While the authors have provided an exhaustive list...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a drug safety communication on 05/30/2013 recommending "against prolonged use of magnesium sulfate to stop preterm labor (PTL) due to bone changes in exposed babies." In September of 2013, The American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecologists issued Committee Opinion No. 573 " Magnesium Sulfate Use in Obstetrics" , which supports the short term use o...

INTRODUCTION External cephalic version is a procedure of fetal rotation to a cephalic presentation through manoeuvres applied to the maternal abdomen. There are several prognostic factors described in literature for external cephalic version success and prediction scores have been proposed, but their true implication in clinical practice is controversial. We aim to identify possible factors tha...