Premature labor, Part I: Risk assessment, etiologic factors, and diagnosis

DK Gjerdingen - The Journal of the American Board of Family …, 1992 - Am Board Family Med
Background: This paper, the first of a two-part series on premature labor, reviews the recent
literature on the causes of and risk factors for preterm labor and methods of diagnosis …

The incidence of preterm labor and specific risk factors

WE ROBERTS, JC MORRISON, C Hamer… - Obstetrics & …, 1990 - journals.lww.com
Abstract colon; A retrospective review of patients at high risk for preterm delivery because of
twin gestation, uterine malformation, incompetent cervix, or previous preterm delivery was …

[HTML][HTML] Preterm labor: diagnosis and treatment

BA Von Der Pool - American family physician, 1998 - aafp.org
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BEVERLY A. VON DER POOL, MD Am Fam Physician. 1998;57(10):2457-2464 A more recent …

Issues in the management of preterm labor.

R Resnik - Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Research, 2005 - search.ebscohost.com
Issues in the management of preterm labor Page 1 J. Obstet. Gynaecol. Res. Vol. 31, No. 5:
354–358, October 2005 354 Blackwell Science, LtdOxford, UKJOGThe Journal of Obstetrics and …

The epidemiology of threatened preterm labor: a prospective cohort study

ML McPheeters, WC Miller, KE Hartmann… - American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the occurrence, timing, and
outcomes of hospital-based diagnoses of preterm labor. STUDY DESIGN: Administrative …

Premature labor, part II: management

DK Gjerdingen - The Journal of the American Board of Family …, 1992 - Am Board Family Med
Background: As the second paper in a two-part series on preterm labor, this article
discusses the management of preterm labor as it relates to risk reduction, tocolytic therapy …

Controlled trial of a preterm labor detection program: efficacy and costs

DM Main, DK Richardson, CB Hadley… - Obstetrics & …, 1989 - journals.lww.com
Patient education regarding the signs and symptoms of preterm labor combined with
frequent clinical evaluations has been advocated as a means to reduce preterm births. Over …

Trends in preterm labor.

RA Graf, R Perez-Woods - … of Perinatology: Official Journal of the …, 1992 - europepmc.org
Preterm birth has been identified by the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality
(1988) as the primary cause of the increased infant mortality rate in the United States. An …

A guest editorial: where are we now in screening patients for preterm delivery?

WC Hill - Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Where are we now in screening patients in 2002 for preterm delivery? Not as far as we
would like to be. Spontaneous preterm delivery continues to be one of the most significant …

Preterm labor: role of the nurse practitioner

J Doyle, A Silber - The Nurse Practitioner, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The nurse practitioner may play a pivotal role in diagnosing preterm labor through risk
assessment and physical exam. While treatment and management of preterm labor are …