Gabriele Saccone, Giuseppe Maria Maruotti, Maddalena Morlando, Silvia Visentin, Carlo De Angelis, Laura Sarno, Erich Cosmi, Francesco Torcia, Flavia Costanzi, Elisabetta Gragnano, Giorgia Bartolini, Marco La Verde, Felice Borelli, Fabiana Savoia, Antonio Schiatterella, Pasquale De Franciscis, Mariavittoria Locci, Maurizio Guida
BACKGROUND: Preterm birth is a major cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. It is unclear whether the introduction of a universal transvaginal ultrasound cervical length screening program in women at low risk for preterm delivery is associated with a reduction in the frequency of preterm birth. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that the introduction of a midtrimester universal transvaginal ultrasound cervical length screening program in asymptomatic singleton pregnancies without prior preterm delivery would reduce the rate of preterm birth at <37 weeks of gestation...
May 2024: American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM