Sentences with phrase «as preterm labour»

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We used reliable methods to assess the quality of the evidence and looked at seven key outcomes: preterm birth (birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy); the risk of losing the baby in pregnancy or in the first month after birth; spontaneous vaginal birth (when labour was not induced and birth not assisted by forceps; caesarean birth; instrumental vaginal birth (births using forceps or ventouse); whether the perineum remained intact, and use of regional analgesia (such as epidural).

Pelvic dimensions and shapes vary as well among ethnic groups.28 A small pelvis was more prevalent in women with short stature.29 If maternal short stature leads to shortened gestation by increasing the risk of idiopathic preterm labour, then short women had more risk of PTB.30 Short maternal stature was associated with lower uterine volume and blood flow, increasing the risk for fetal grow restriction, cephalopelvic disproportion and caesarean section.29 The effect of ethnicity on gestational length was also reported in a study in the UK.31 Maternal short stature may be associated with a lack of nutrients.