Preterm labor: Reproducibility of detection test of PAMG-1 before and after digital examination, and transvaginal ultrasound cervical length

摘要

Objectives. - With current diagnostic resources, it is impossible to predict if a patient consulting in the obstetrics emergencies with symptoms of preterm labor, preterm delivery or not. A novel test for the detection of time to spontaneous preterm delivery was developed and would predict imminent delivery in 7 or 14 days from the time of testing. The diagnostic performances of detection test of PAMG-1 have been validated before digital examination. However digital examination is usually made in first line. The objective of this study was to assess the reproducibility of these diagnostic performances after digital examination and transvaginal ultrasound cervical length.