Background Preterm birth with a prevalence of about 10% causes 75-95% of prenatal mortality, and one of the effective factors of it is hormonal factors. This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral medroxy progesterone on reducing preterm labor in women with a history of preterm labor. Materials and Methods This double-...

BACKGROUND Threatened preterm labor is a leading cause of hospital admission during pregnancy. Patients with an episode of threatened preterm labor who deliver at term are considered to have false preterm labor. However, threatened preterm labor has been proposed as a pathologic insult that is not always sufficient to induce irreversible spontaneous preterm birth but that could alter the normal...

preterm birth means the birth before thirty seven week of pregnancy that causes a lot of complications for the baby. variety factors are suggested to be involved in disease. in this study, we decided to evaluate haptoglobin (hp) phenotypes association with clinical features of patients suffered from premature delivery to understand better the possible correlation of genetic and clinical feature...

AIM Preterm delivery is a serious problem during pregnancy with remarkable neonatal adverse effects. Prediction of preterm delivery in women with preterm uterine contractions or signs of preterm labor is critical because if these women are identified they can be referred to tertiary centers. The present study aimed to evaluate the value of maternal serum urocortin concentration for predicting p...

background: group b streptococcus is regarded as a potential factor for adverse outcomes of pregnancy such as preterm birth. objective: to study the association of maternal vaginal colonization with group b streptococcus (gbs) and preterm labor. materials and methods: from april 2005 to may 2006, vaginal culture for gbs were conducted in 101 laboring women with a gestational age of 24-37 weeks ...

Preterm labor is defined as the presence of regular uterine contractions with progressive cervical changes before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy. Spontaneous preterm labor accounts for 40% to 50% of all preterm births [1]. An estimated 13 million babies (−10% of all births) are born preterm each year worldwide, and approximately 1 million of all newborn deaths are due to preterm birth [2]. At ...

OBJECTIVE The complement system plays a central role in the first line of defense against invading pathogens, and its activation involves the release of potent pro-inflammatory mediators such as anaphylatoxins C3a, C4a and C5a. The aim of this study was to determine whether differences existed in maternal plasma anaphylatoxin concentrations between patients with term and preterm parturition. ...