Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Preterm Labor
Preterm Labor
n Second-trimester abortions
n Multiple gestation
n Uterine anomalies
n Polyhydramnios
n Incompetent cervix
ØInfection-cervical
ØPlacental-vascular
ØStress-strain
Infection-cervical pathway
n Treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV) reduced
incidence of preterm delivery
n Antibiotics prolongs time from onset of treatment to
delivery → relatively asymptomatic infections
n A link between vaginal-cervical infections and
progressive changes in cervical length (CL)
ØCL 3.5cm (50th percentile)→ relative risk 2.4