Achievement of the 30-minute standard in obstetrics–can it be done?
One standard by which obstetrical practice is measured is the ability to achieve a time line of ≤30 minutes from decision for surgery to time of surgical incision for women…
Making sense of preterm birth
Categorization, such as that represented by the taxonomy of Linnaeus and periodic table of Mendeleev, can help us make sense of and understand the world around us. The success of…
Challenges in defining and classifying the preterm birth syndrome
In 2009, the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth Conference charged the authors to propose a new comprehensive, consistent, and uniform classification system for preterm birth. This first article…
Vaginal progesterone for asymptomatic cervical shortening and the case for universal screening of cervical length
A short cervix detected in midpregnancy by transvaginal sonography carries a high risk of early preterm birth (PTB). The shorter the transvaginal cervical length (TVCL) and the earlier in pregnancy…
