The aim of intrapartum continuous electronic fetal monitoring using a cardiotocograph (CTG) is to identify a fetus exposed to intrapartum hypoxic insults so that timely and appropriate action could be instituted to improve perinatal outcome. Features observed on a CTG trace reflect the functioning of somatic and autonomic nervous systems and the fetal response to hypoxic or mechanical insults d...

Pregnancy and childbirth represent a critical time period when a woman can be reached through a variety of mechanisms with interventions aimed at reducing her risk of a preterm birth and improving her health and the health of her unborn baby. These mechanisms include the range of services delivered during antenatal care for all pregnant women and women at high risk of preterm birth, services pr...

Considerable effort has been expended in attempting to distinguish genes that contribute to initiating the onset of term and preterm labour (PTL) from those that change in expression as a consequence of the progression of labour. The ability to define more clearly the genes involved in triggering labour contractions should lead to the development of new effective and safer strategies to prevent...

OBJECTIVE The fetal fibronectin test is advocated to facilitate the management of women presenting with threatened preterm labour, but is underutilised in Hong Kong. This study aimed to provide experience with this test and evaluate its utility in a local setting. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING A university-affiliated hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Women presenting with symptom...

A retrospective review was performed on the obstetric outcome of teenage pregnancies delivered in 1 year in a tertiary centre. The results were compared with the rest of the obstetric population in the same hospital in the same year. The teenage mothers (n = 194) had increased incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (5.2 versus 1.0%, P < 0.05), and preterm labour (13.0 versus 7.0%, P < 0.01)...

Studying the mechanism(s) of uterine relaxation is important and will be helpful in the prevention of obstetric difficulties such as preterm labour, which remains a major cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity. Multiple signalling pathways regulate the balance between maintaining relative uterine quiescence during gestation, and the transition to the contractile state at the onset of partur...

Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is a rare congenital condition, occurring as an outcome of entanglement fetal parts with amniotic bands during intrauterine life resulting in anatomical abnormalities. ABS should be considered every newborn malformations. In this report, case preterm female baby delivered to diagnosed (Preterm pre-labour rupture membranes) PPROM mother, abnormalities the extremities...

Aim of Work: To compare the safety & efficacy of oral nifedipine with transdermal nitroglycerin in the inhibition of preterm labour. Methods: This study included 60 women in preterm labour, randomly divided into two groups, the first 30 patients received oral nifedipine and the second 30 patients used transdermal nitroglycerin (NTG). Patients in preterm labour with a single gestation, between t...