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Risk factors for spontaneous preterm delivery

Teresa Cobo^1,2, Marian Kacerovsky^3,4, Bo Jacobsson^5,6

¹BCNatal, Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clinic and Hospital Sant Joan de Deu), Fetal i+D Fetal Medicine Research Center, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics: the Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

|June 12, 2020

Background:

There is a substantial variation in rates of preterm delivery between different parts of the world. The understanding of these variations, as well as the biological mechanisms behind spontaneous preterm delivery, is limited. Although the benefit of antenatal interventions has been shown to be limited, using well-known risk factors for spontaneous preterm delivery to select the correct pregnant women for targeted interventions is important from both a medical and caregiving perspective.

Objective:

To provide an introduction to a substantial research area dealing with risk factors of spontaneous preterm delivery.

Methods:

Risk factors in this review were classified as demographical, obstetrical, and gynecological and those related to the current pregnancy according to high-quality evidence of recent literature.

Results And Conclusion:

An introduction to a substantial research area in maternal and fetal medicine was provided that might help clinicians to better understand the risk factors related to preterm delivery and select the correct pregnant women for targeted interventions.

Keywords:

Demographical Pregnancy complications Risk factors Spontaneous preterm delivery and gynecological factors obstetrical

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