 Cervical Ripening
"Cervical Ripening" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A change in the CERVIX UTERI with respect to its readiness to relax. The cervix normally becomes softer, more flexible, more distensible, and shorter in the final weeks of PREGNANCY. These cervical changes can also be chemically induced (LABOR, INDUCED).
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D020070
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.784.769.326.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Cervical Ripening- Cervical Ripening
- Cervical Ripenings
- Ripening, Cervical
- Ripenings, Cervical
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cervical Ripening" by people in Profiles.
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Bridges AG, Allshouse AA, Canfield DR, Grover BW, Son SL, Einerson BD, Silver RM, Haas DM, Grobman WA, Simhan HN, Day RC, Blue NR. Association of Prostaglandin Use for Cervical Ripening with Mode of Delivery in Small for Gestational Age versus Non-Small for Gestational Age Neonates. Am J Perinatol. 2024 05; 41(S 01):e456-e464.
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Son SL, Benson AE, Hart Hayes E, Subramaniam A, Clark EAS, Einerson BD. Outpatient Cervical Ripening: A Cost-Minimization and Threshold Analysis. Am J Perinatol. 2020 02; 37(3):245-251.
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Rosado-Mendez IM, Carlson LC, Woo KM, Santoso AP, Guerrero QW, Palmeri ML, Feltovich H, Hall TJ. Quantitative assessment of cervical softening during pregnancy in the Rhesus macaque with shear wave elasticity imaging. Phys Med Biol. 2018 04 19; 63(8):085016.
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Li Q, Reeves M, Owen J, Keith LG. Precocious cervical ripening as a screening target to predict spontaneous preterm delivery among asymptomatic singleton pregnancies: a systematic review. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Feb; 212(2):145-56.
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Behrendt N, Gibbs RS, Lynch A, Hart J, West NA, Iams JD. Rate of change in cervical length in women with vaginal bleeding during pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Feb; 121(2 Pt 1):260-264.
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Iams JD, Cebrik D, Lynch C, Behrendt N, Das A. The rate of cervical change and the phenotype of spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Aug; 205(2):130.e1-6.
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Pates JA, Zaretsky MV, Alexander JM, Babcock EE, McIntire DD, Twickler DM. Determining cervical ripeness and labor outcome: the efficacy of magnetic resonance T2 relaxation times. Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Feb; 109(2 Pt 1):326-30.
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Guinn DA, Davies JK, Jones RO, Sullivan L, Wolf D. Labor induction in women with an unfavorable Bishop score: randomized controlled trial of intrauterine Foley catheter with concurrent oxytocin infusion versus Foley catheter with extra-amniotic saline infusion with concurrent oxytocin infusion. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Jul; 191(1):225-9.
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Mozurkewich E, Horrocks J, Daley S, Von Oeyen P, Halvorson M, Johnson M, Zaretsky M, Tehranifar M, Bayer-Zwirello L, Robichaux A, Droste S, Turner G. The MisoPROM study: a multicenter randomized comparison of oral misoprostol and oxytocin for premature rupture of membranes at term. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Oct; 189(4):1026-30.
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