Abstract

NAPOLES MENDEZ, Danilo. Cervicometry in the evaluation of preterm labor. MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.1, pp. 81-96. ISSN 1029-3019.

One of the current problems of greater importance in perinatal medicine is the preterm labor, because besides elevating the perinatal morbidity and mortality, it causes neurological damage and affects growing in the newborns. In this paper not only the value of cervicometry is highlighted as a screening method in population with high risk of preterm newborns, but also its importance to predict the occurrence threat of the last condition when uterine contractions exist, reason why the appropriate technique, approaches, indications and the advantages of this procedure are described, as well as the cut level for the cervical length is determined in its different modalities. As a result, a care protocol for pregnants with prematurity risk based on the use of cervicometry was introduced, which is considered a valuable screening tool in the selected population.

Keywords : woman; cervicometry; preterm labor; prematurity.

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