Inconsistent findings linking placental histologic chorioamnionitis (HCA) and preterm delivery may result from variations in HCA definition, population studied, and exclusion criteria. This analysis from the 1998–2004 Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Health Study (five Michigan communities) includes the first 1,053 subcohort women (239 preterm, 814 term) with completed placental assessments. Mu...

Background/Aims: The association between striae gravidarum (SG) and preterm delivery may be postulated because of sharing similar poor organization of extracellular matrix in both skin and cervix. Our goal was to compare the frequency of striae gravidarum in women who gave preterm birth and women who gave term birth. Methods: A case-control study was conducted in women who gave preterm birth (n...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to explore whether increased levels of granulocyte elastase in cervical secretion is an independent predictive factor for preterm delivery before 34 weeks of gestation in the patient with preterm labor. METHODS One hundred and sixty-one women with preterm labor at 22-28 weeks of gestation were enrolled prospectively. The level of granulocyte elastase ...

The presence of an abnormal vaginal microflora in early pregnancy is a risk factor for preterm delivery. There is no investigation on vaginal flora dominated by lactic acid bacteria and possible association with preterm delivery. We assessed the dominant vaginal Lactobacillus species in healthy pregnant women in early pregnancy in relation to pregnancy outcome. We observed 111 low risk pregnant...

INTRODUCTION Preterm delivery (PTD), defined as a delivery between 24th and 37th completed week, increases the risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality. There is a growing body of evidence that the intrauterine infection as well as cervicovaginal bacterial infections and Chlamydia infections are possible causes of preterm delivery. Host response to cervicovaginal and/or intrauterine infections ...

METHOD(S) : In this prospective cohort study conducted over a 8 months period (January to August 2005) 416 antenatal women admitted with threatened preterm labor and in preterm labor, with or without rupture of membranes, were recruited. They were followed up from admission till delivery and discharge. Gestational age at onset of preterm labor, associated risk factors, response to tocolytics if...

Introduction: Prematurity remains the main cause of mortality and morbidity in infants and a problem in the care of pregnant women world-wide. This study describes the risk factors for having a live preterm delivery in Bandar Abbas Shariati Hospital. Methods: In this case-control study, we studied 300 neonates who were borned in Shariati hospital in 2011 and divided them into two groups: case g...

BACKGROUND Early recognition of the signs and symptoms of preterm labor (PTL) is important in order to establish treatment. Our aim was to determine the relation between cervical dilatation and time interval from admission to delivery in women with preterm labor. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 83 singleton gestations admitted for preterm labor between 24 w...

ger association between prenatal depressive symptoms and the risk of preterm delivery. With regard to the subtypes of preterm delivery, unfortunately, we did not have such information for that study. However, as with the potential misclassification of depressive symptoms, the effect of potential misclassification of outcomes (i.e. assuming that depression during pregnancy is only related to cer...