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<journal-id>2709-7927</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica del Centro]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd centro]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2709-7927</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario Arnaldo Milián Castro]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2709-79272021000400531</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Factores de riesgo y características de la cervicometría en pacientes con parto pretérmino]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Risk factors, characteristics of cervicometry and premature delivery]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cairo González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vivian de las Mercedes]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez Puñales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandi]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Machado Benavides]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Heydi Lianet]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marín Tápanes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yoany]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cardet Niebla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yoel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ocenes Reinoso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Regla]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Provincial Ginecoobstétrico Universitario &#8220;Mariana Grajales&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>531</fpage>
<lpage>541</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2709-79272021000400531&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2709-79272021000400531&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2709-79272021000400531&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  el parto pretérmino es un reto a la Obstetricia moderna y tributa a los índices de mortalidad perinatal, de morbilidad neonatal severa y de discapacidad infantil.  Objetivo:  conocer cómo se manifiestan los factores de riesgo y las características de la cervicometría en un grupo de pacientes que ingresaron con síntomas de parto pretérmino.  Métodos:  se realizó una investigación cualicuantitativa, observacional, analítica y transversal, la población de estudio comprendió a todas las pacientes con manifestaciones de síntomas de parto pretérmino; se realizó un muestreo no probabilístico por criterios y quedaron incluidas 433.  Resultados:  la media de la longitud cervical al ingreso de las pacientes con parto pretérmino fue de 25,7 milímetros y en las que no tuvieron parto pretérmino fue de 33,2 milímetros y los factores de riesgos que mostraron asociación estadística al parto pretérmino fueron la infección urinaria y vaginal, el antecedente de parto pretérmino y la historia de sangramiento durante la gestación. Hubo una asociación altamente significativa entre la longitud cervical y la edad gestacional al parto (p=0,000; V de Cramer=0,295) y la embudización en las gestantes incrementa en 5,95 veces más el riesgo de tener un parto pretérmino.  Conclusiones:  se asociaron factores de riesgo como la infección urinaria y vaginal, el antecedente de parto pretérmino y la historia de sangramiento durante la gestación. Hubo una asociación altamente significativa entre la longitud cervical y la embudización con el parto pretérmino.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  preterm delivery is a challenge to modern obstetrics and contributes to perinatal mortality, severe neonatal morbidity and infant disability.  Objective:  to know how the risk factors and cervicometric characteristics are manifested in a group of patients admitted with symptoms of preterm labor.  Methods:  a qualitative, quantitative, observational, analytical and cross-sectional study was carried out, the study population comprised all patients with manifestations of preterm labor symptoms; a non-probabilistic sampling by criteria was carried out and 433 were included.  Results:  the mean cervical length at admission of patients with preterm labor was 25.7 millimeters and in those who did not have preterm labor was 33.2 millimeters and the risk factors that showed statistical association to preterm labor were urinary and vaginal infection, history of preterm labor and history of bleeding during gestation. There was a highly significant association between cervical length and gestational age at delivery (p=0.000; Cramer's V=0.295), and embolization in pregnant women increases the risk of preterm delivery by 5.95 times.  Conclusions:  risk factors such as urinary and vaginal infection, history of preterm delivery and history of bleeding during gestation were associated. There was a highly significant association between cervical length and embolization with preterm delivery.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[preterm delivery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cervicometry]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[risk factors]]></kwd>
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