The impact of acute tocolysis on neonatal outcome in women hospitalized with preterm labor at 32 to 34 weeks' gestation |
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Authors: | Elliott John P Istwan Niki B Rhea Debbie J Desch Cheryl N Stanziano Gary J |
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Affiliation: | Phoenix Perinatal Associates, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA. john_elliott@obstetrix.com. |
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Abstract: | We compared neonatal outcomes from singleton pregnancies in women hospitalized with preterm labor (PTL) at 32 0/7 to 34 6/7 weeks managed with and without acute tocolysis. Women enrolled for outpatient surveillance who were hospitalized and diagnosed with PTL between 32 0/7; to 34 6/7 weeks' gestation without conditions necessitating interventional delivery during hospitalization were identified ( N = 2921). Patients with contraindications to pregnancy prolongation were excluded ( N = 168). Data were compared between patients whose clinical management included tocolysis ( N = 2342) and patients in whom tocolysis was not utilized ( N = 411). The incidence of preterm birth (77.9% versus 48.1%), low birth weight (48.9% versus 16.7%), neonatal intensive care unit admission (41.4% versus 16.2%), and nursery length of stay > 7 days (28.0% versus 9.7%) were all higher in women not receiving acute tocolysis compared with the acute tocolysis group (all P < 0.001). Using acute tocolysis to prolong pregnancy in patients hospitalized with PTL at 32 0/7 to 34 6/7 weeks' gestation is associated with improved neonatal outcomes. |
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