Assessment of parturition with cervical light-induced fluorescence and uterine electromyography
Parturition involves increasing compliance (ripening) of the uterine cervix and activation of the myometrium. These processes take place in a different time frame. Softening and shortening of the cervix starts in midpregnancy, while myometrial activation occurs relatively close to delivery. Methods...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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29 September 2013
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Computational and mathematical methods in medicine
Year: 2013, Volume: 2013, Pages: 1-6 |
| ISSN: | 1748-6718 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2013/165913 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/165913 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmmm/2013/165913/ 
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| Author Notes: | Miha Lucovnik, Ruben J. Kuon, and Robert E. Garfield |
| Summary: | Parturition involves increasing compliance (ripening) of the uterine cervix and activation of the myometrium. These processes take place in a different time frame. Softening and shortening of the cervix starts in midpregnancy, while myometrial activation occurs relatively close to delivery. Methods currently available to clinicians to assess cervical and myometrial changes are subjective and inaccurate, which often causes misjudgments with potentially adverse consequences. The inability to reliably diagnose true preterm labor leads to unnecessary treatments, missed opportunities to improve neonatal outcome, and inherently biased research of treatments. At term, the likelihood of cesarean delivery depends on labor management, which in turn depends on accurate assessments of cervical change and myometrial contractility. Studies from our group and others show that noninvasive measurements of light-induced fluorescence (LIF) of cervical collagen and uterine electromyography (EMG) objectively detect changes in the composition of the cervix and myometrial preparedness to labor and are more reliable than clinical observations alone. We present a conceptual model of parturition constructed on cervical LIF and uterine EMG studies. We also explore how these methodologies could be helpful with managing patients experiencing preterm contractions and with optimizing labor management protocols aimed to reduce cesarean section. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 08.06.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1748-6718 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2013/165913 |