Medically Indicated Preterm Birth

Medically Indicated Late-Preterm and Early-Term Deliveries

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Introduction. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine have long discouraged nonindicated delivery before 39 weeks of gestation. The reason for this longstanding principle is that the neonatal risks …

Preterm Labor and Birth

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Medically indicated preterm birth. If a serious medical condition—such as preeclampsia—exists, the health care provider might recommend a preterm delivery. In …

Premature birth - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

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What causes preterm labor and birth? - NICHD

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Medically indicated preterm birth. If a serious medical condition—such as preeclampsia—exists, the health care provider might recommend a preterm delivery. In …

Preterm Birth | Maternal and Infant Health | Reproductive …

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Preterm Birth. Preterm birth is when a baby is born too early, before 37 weeks of pregnancy have been completed. In 2021, preterm birth affected about 1 of every 10 infants born in the United States. The preterm birth …

Preterm labor - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

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If you are at risk of preterm labor because of a short cervix, your doctor may suggest a surgical procedure known as cervical cerclage. During this procedure, the …

Medically Indicated Preterm Birth: Recognizing the …

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The temporal increase in preterm births in the United States has occurred following a concurrent increase in medically indicated preterm birth [9]. In spite of the …

Medically indicated preterm birth: recognizing the …

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Preterm birth complicates over 500,000 births annually, affecting 12.5% of pregnancies in the United States. Much of the temporal increase in preterm birth (<37 weeks) over the …

Causes of Premature Birth - Verywell Family

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Some medically indicated premature births are emergency births where the decision to deliver must be made very quickly. Others are due to more chronic conditions where doctors watch mom and baby very …

Timing of Indicated Late-Preterm and Early-Term Birth

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Preterm birth is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and affects more than half a million births in the United States each year. ... The goal of the workshop was to …