Escobar F, Chang YL, Niebles G

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 509-512
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ABSTRACT

The finding of “sludge” in the amniotic fluid represents an important prognostic factor preterm labor and intrauterine infection. This has been studied successfully and often this diagnosis passes unnoticed in patients with intact ovular membranes and preterm labor. The follow up of the patients with this ultrasonografic finding must be very thorough and it is of vital importance to find risk factor related to multifactorial pathologies as preterm labor and chorioamnioitis.

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