preterm birth
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpretermandbirth
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preterm
adjective
uk/ˌpriːˈtɜːm/us/ˌpriːˈtɝːm/
born before the full period of pregnancy ...
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birth
noun
uk/bɜːθ/us/bɝːθ/
the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its ...
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Thepretermbirthrate in the placebo treated group was 55%, reinforcing that a priorpretermbirthis a significant risk factor for a subsequentpretermbirth.
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Preventingpretermbirthcaused by infection.
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Preventingpretermbirth: what works, what doesn't.
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Infection and inflammation may initiate uterine contractions andpretermbirth.
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Survival and place of delivery followingpretermbirth: 1994+96.
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Short-term neonatal morbidity associated withpretermbirthand effect of apretermbirthprevention program on an expected incidence of morbidity.
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A significant factor, which contributes to a woman's risk of apretermbirth, is a previouspretermbirthor second trimester loss.
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Secondary prevention ofpretermbirthwill require more research to improve early identification of patients at risk for preterm birth and small-for-gestational-age.
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What is the definition of low birth weight,pretermbirth, and small for gestational age?
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Our failure to reduce the incidence ofpretermbirthrequires some explanation.
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In contrast, there was a two-fold increase inpretermbirthin twin pregnancies.
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Systematic quantitative overview of the literature to determine the accuracy of tests for predictingpretermbirth.
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Accuracy of cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin test in predicting risk of spontaneouspretermbirth: systematic review.
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The singletonpretermbirthrate and low birth weight rate were 14.7% and 9.3%, respectively.
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Until recently, interventions to preventpretermbirthhave been largely unsuccessful.
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Potential therapeutic strategies for delayingpretermbirthand prolonging pregnancy will also be discussed.
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We are currently comparing sialidase activity with other risk factors in the prediction ofpretermbirth.
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Odds of spontaneouspretermbirthbefore 34 weeks gestation = 4.1/(100-4.1) = 0.042753.
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One such experience is neonatal brain injury, most often observed as a consequence ofpretermbirth.
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Regardless of the underlying aetiology ofpretermbirth, premature cervical changes must occur.
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Several investigators have proposed that inflammatory gene polymorphisms may alter a women's risk forpretermbirth.
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This process is necessary to capture more accurate data on the long-term implications of pretermbirth(and in particular, latepretermbirth) and small-for-gestational-age births.
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Because of these accumulated findings,pretermbirthwas not expected to predict increased risk for insecure attachment directly.
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In a group of 2915 women examined at 24 weeks, 126 (4.3%) women had a spontaneouspretermbirth.
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