PREDICTION OF PRETERM DELIVERY IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH THREATENED PRETERM LABOR USING TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND AND NEUTROPHILS TO LYMPHOCYTES RATIO | ||
| Zagazig University Medical Journal | ||
| Article 4, Volume 26, Issue 4, July 2020, Pages 556-565 PDF (891.8 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2019.11376.1182 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ali Elshabrawy Ali1; Safaa Abd-Elsalam Ibrahim2; Mostafa Abdo Ahmed3; soad fathi kareem* 3 | ||
| 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Faculty of Medicine –ZagazigUniversity,Egypt. | ||
| 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Faculty of Medicine –ZagazigUniversity,Egypt | ||
| 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Faculty of Medicine –ZagazigUniversity,Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: Background: Preterm birth, defined as delivery before 37 completed weeks, with an annual incidence of 9-15%, is implicated in approximately two thirds of perinatal mortality worldwide. Preterm births are also associated with neonatal death & with immediate & long-term morbidities, making this a major public health issue. Objectives: This work is improvement of fetal outcome by early prediction of preterm birth in pregnant women presented by threatened preterm labor. Patients and Methods: In this study, we started with 90 women with singleton pregnancies between 24 to 42 weeks. Results: Cervical length, as measured by transvaginal ultrasonography, has been shown to predict preterm birth in asymptomatic low-risk women as well as those presenting with threatened preterm labor. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that the combined marker is more sensitive & specific for predicting spontaneous preterm delivery in pregnant women with threatened preterm labor in comparison with cervix length, NLR, C Reactive Protein alone | ||
| Keywords | ||
| preterm labor; transvaginal ultrasound; Neutrophils; lymphocytes ratio | ||
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