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العنوان
PRETERM LABOR UPDATE/
الناشر
Cairo University. Faculty of Medicine. Obstetrics and Gynecology,
المؤلف
Mohamed, Sarah Mohamed Hassan
تاريخ النشر
٢٠٠٨.
عدد الصفحات
158p.
الفهرس
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Abstract

Preterm birth is a complex cluster of problems , it results in
significant health consequences to the infant and emotional and
economic costs for families and communities. Although advances in
perinatal and neonatal care have improved the survival for preterm
infants, those infants who do survive have a greater risk of
developmental disabilities, health, and growth problems than infants
born at full term. Whereas the group of infants with the greatest risk
of morbidity and mortality comprises those born at less than ٣٢
weeks of gestation, infants born between ٣٢ and ٣٦ weeks represent
the greatest number of infants born preterm. The latter group of
infants also experiences a greater risk for health and developmental
problems compared with the risk for infants born at term.
To date, no single test or sequence of assessment measures that
may accurately predict preterm birth are available, and efforts at the
prevention of preterm birth have primarily focused on the treatment
of women with symptomatic preterm labor.
The main tools that play an important role in the management of
preterm labor are tocolytic therapy, antibiotics and corticosteroids.