Pre-Term Delivery

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PTD
Pronunciation
/pri tərm dɪˈlɪvəri/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Hospitals

Examples in Context

  1. Intimate partner violence in pregnancy also increases the likelihood of miscarriage, stillbirth, pre-term delivery and low birth weight.
  2. If you look at things like infection, pre-term delivery, even gestational diabetes mellitus, they are all reduced with giving pregnant women higher doses of vitamin D.
  3. Abortion and pre-term delivery, premature rupture of fetal membrane, hypoadrenalism, abnormality, immune deficiency, hepatitis virus B and cytomegalovirus and bacterial infection are the major risks for the fetus / neonate.
  4. Increased intake of EPA and DHA has been shown to prevent pre-term labor and delivery, lower the risk of pre-eclampsia and may increase birth weight and gestational weight.

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