Clinical significance of early (<20 weeks) vs. late (20-24 weeks) detection of sonographic short cervix in asymptomatic women in the mid-trimester.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Vaisbuch, E.; Romero, R.; Erez, O.; Kusanovic, J. P.; Mazaki-Tovi, S.; Gotsch, F.; Romero, V.; Ward, C.; Chaiworapongsa, T.; Mittal, P.; Sorokin, Y.; Hassan, S. S.
- Source
- Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Oct2010, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p471-481. 11p.
- Subject
- *COHORT analysis
*GESTATIONAL age
*DELIVERY (Obstetrics)
*PREGNANT women
*DIAGNOSIS
*DURATION of pregnancy
- Language
- ISSN
- 0960-7692
The article presents a cohort study that determine whether the risk of early spontaneous preterm delivery (PTD) in asymptomatic women with a sonographic cervical length of less than equal to 15 mm in the mid-trimester alters as a function of gestational age at diagnosis. It states that the study population comprise of 109 asymptomatic patients. The study finds that asymptomatic women have a dramatic and significantly higher risk of early preterm delivery than women diagnosed at 20-24 weeks.