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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:89-90.

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In the United States and most developed countries, during the previous 4 or 5 decades, the preterm birth (PTB) rate has either remained stable or, more commonly, risen slowly.¹ This rise has occurred despite increasing knowledge of risk factors and mechanisms and the introduction of numerous public health and medical interventions designed to reduce PTB. Preterm birth has 3 obstetrical antecedents: (1) spontaneous preterm labor and (2) spontaneous membrane rupture, which taken together result in spontaneous PTB, and (3) the decision of the physician to induce labor or perform a cesarean delivery because of fetal distress or maternal illness, resulting in an indicated PTB. The article by Haas et al² would have been strengthened if the risk factors for preterm delivery had been studied with respect to these specific types of PTB.

Preterm birth is often used as a marker for more important pregnancy outcomes such as perinatal death or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Robert L. Goldenberg, MD; Jennifer F. Culhane, PhD

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