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Cervical effacement
Known as:
cervix effacement
, effacement cervical
A shortening and thinning of cervix due to the action of uterine contractions during active labor to allow for fetal descent.
National Institutes of Health
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Effacement:Prctl:Pt:Cervix:Ord:Palpation
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2016
Review
2016
The Use of Electroacupuncture for Cervical Ripening in Pregnant Women
Becky Nauta
2016
Corpus ID: 78749037
Objective: To report the state of the science on acupuncture as a method for promoting cervical ripening and induction of labor…
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2014
2014
Arrest of Preterm Labour : a Comparative Study between Magnesium Sulphate and Isoxsuprine *
A. Mahajan
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P. Marwah
2014
Corpus ID: 36454705
Prematurity and its prevention continue to be a major challenge for both the obstetrician and neonatologist. Preterm labour is…
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2013
2013
The Role of the Coagulation System in Preterm Parturition
Vered Klaitman
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Ruth Beer-Wiesel
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T. Rafaeli
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M. Mazor
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O. Erez
2013
Corpus ID: 8993697
Term and preterm parturition have a common pathway that includes irregular uterine contractions, cervical effacement and…
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2012
2012
Rectal Hyoscine-N-Butylbromide Safely Accelerates Progress of Labor in Primipara: A Placebo- Controlled Study
A. Shedid
2012
Corpus ID: 212537828
Objectives: To evaluate the applicability of the administration of Hyoscine-N-butylbromide (HBB) as a therapeutic modality for…
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2005
2005
최신임상강좌 : 자궁경부무력증 (Cervical incompetence)의 최신처치 지견
근영 이
2005
Corpus ID: 77216502
Review
1999
Review
1999
Bed rest in hospital for multiple pregnancy.
C. Crowther
Birth
1999
Corpus ID: 26976030
Date of most recent substantive amendment: 14 May, 1997. ABSTRACT Objectives: To evaluate the effect of hospitalization…
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1989
1989
[Cerclage surgery--a possible treatment/prevention of cervical insufficiency].
L. Grinsted
Ugeskrift for læger
1989
Corpus ID: 27712268
The incidence of cervical incompetence is 0.1-1%. A retrospective study of a six year period in the University Hospital of…
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1986
1986
Juan Rulfo. Pedro Paramo. Histoire d'un effacement
François Gramusset
1986
Corpus ID: 180355722
1982
1982
[Cervical ripeness. I. The clinical criteria of assessment of ripeness and their variability at term].
G. Lamberti
Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Perinatologie
1982
Corpus ID: 7923202
Four clinical criteria of "cervical ripeness"--consistency, length, dilatation and station of the fetal head--were checked in…
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1981
1981
Risk:benefit considerations for the use of isoxsuprine in the treatment of premature labor.
J. Brazy
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V. Little
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J. Grimm
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M. Pupkin
Obstetrics and Gynecology
1981
Corpus ID: 33312654
Seventy patients treated with isoxsuprine for premature labor were studied. In patients with intact membranes prolongation of…
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