OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in pregnant women with preterm labor in Siriraj hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross-sectional study of 158 pregnant women with suspected preterm labor was performed between January and July 2005. The subjects enrolled in the present study were between 28+0 and 36+6 menstrual weeks. BV blue test was performed on the vaginal fluid ...

BACKGROUND A 2005 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) review found good evidence that prenatal HIV screening is accurate and can lead to interventions that reduce the risk for mother-to-child transmission. PURPOSE To update the 2005 USPSTF review, focusing on previously identified research gaps and new evidence on treatments. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE (2004 to June 2012) and the Cochran...

and mortality worldwide. Spontaneous preterm labor, with intact or rupture of the chorioamniotic membranes, is responsible for two-thirds of all preterm births. The cost of preterm birth to society is estimated to be approximately $20 billion per year in the United States alone.1 Until recently, preterm labor was considered to result from extemporaneous activation of the components ofthe common...

background: group b streptococcus is regarded as a potential factor for adverse outcomes of pregnancy such as preterm birth. objective: to study the association of maternal vaginal colonization with group b streptococcus (gbs) and preterm labor. materials and methods: from april 2005 to may 2006, vaginal culture for gbs were conducted in 101 laboring women with a gestational age of 24-37 weeks ...

In recent years, child care has become an important public policy issue, owing primarily to the significant increase in the labor force participation of women with young children. Consequently, a number of bills containing provisions to subsidize child care have been introduced into Congress. As a first step in considering possible behavioral responses to proposed child care subsidies, this pap...

AIM Preterm delivery is a serious problem during pregnancy with remarkable neonatal adverse effects. Prediction of preterm delivery in women with preterm uterine contractions or signs of preterm labor is critical because if these women are identified they can be referred to tertiary centers. The present study aimed to evaluate the value of maternal serum urocortin concentration for predicting p...

objective: the aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of preterm birth (ptb) and premature rapture of membranes (prom) and their associations with maternal factors. material and methods: this cross sectional study was carried out at akbar-abadi hospital in tehran during january 2009-aprile 2010. four hundred sixty six primiparous women with gestational age more than 20 weeks and single...

Measurement of uterine contraction frequency has been employed as a screening test to identify women with increased risk of preterm birth, and as an aid in the early diagnosis of preterm labor. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (NICHD MFMU) Network performed a prospective, blinded observational study of uterine contraction frequency to de...

PURPOSE To evaluate the proportional changes of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) in maternal peripheral blood during pregnancy and labor at term and preterm. METHODS Peripheral blood was collected from 20 non-pregnant controls and 139 pregnant women (60 at different gestational ages, 48 at term with or without labor, and 31 in threatened or actual preterm labor). CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tre...

Background: Preterm labor is a major problem in obstetric practice. Rates of preterm birth vary between different populations and ethnic groups. In maternal fetal medicine, gender differences in outcome are often observed. Epidemiologic studies have suggested that the incidence of preterm birth is also higher in pregnancies carrying a male fetus. The purpose of this article is to review the evi...