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Inclusion criteria were single pregnancy, gestational age (GA) between 24<sup>+0<\/sup> and 35<sup>+6<\/sup> weeks, Bishop score <6, no parturition within 24-48 h after admission, and no clinical signs of chorioamnionitis, vaginal bleeding, or nonreassuring fetal status. CL measurement was performed 24-48 h after admission. In the control group, the patient and the physician in charge were blinded. In the study group, this information was given; if CL was >25 mm, early discharge within 12-24 h from randomization was recommended. Length of hospital stay was the main outcome. <b><i>Results:<\/i><\/b> After randomization, 149 patients had complete follow-up (control group, <i>n<\/i> = 74; study group, <i>n<\/i> = 75). The mean (SD) length of stay was significantly shorter - 3.0 (2.2) vs. 4.0 (2.0) days (<i>p<\/i> = 0.004) - in the study group, with a higher proportion of women remaining hospitalized \u22643 days (relative risk [95% confidence interval] 0.43 [0.26-0.70]), with no differences in GA at delivery or preterm birth rate. <b><i>Conclusions:<\/i><\/b> Knowledge of CL in women admitted because of threatened preterm labor is useful in reducing length of stay, with no impact on GA at delivery or preterm birth rate.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1159\/000477930","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,16]],"date-time":"2017-08-16T21:01:21Z","timestamp":1502917281000},"page":"184-190","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Uterine Cervical Length Measurement to Reduce Length of Stay in Patients Admitted for Threatened Preterm Labor: A Randomized Trial"],"prefix":"10.1159","volume":"43","author":[{"given":"Montse","family":"Palacio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9504-4596","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Javier","family":"Caradeux","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miriam","family":"S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Teresa","family":"Cobo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesc","family":"Figueras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oriol","family":"Coll","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eduard","family":"Gratac\u00f3s","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vicen\u00e7","family":"Cararach","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"127","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,17]]},"container-title":["Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.karger.com\/Article\/Pdf\/477930","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.karger.com\/Article\/Pdf\/477930","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,23]],"date-time":"2025-04-23T16:34:12Z","timestamp":1745426052000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/karger.com\/article\/doi\/10.1159\/000477930"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,17]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,20]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,26]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1159\/000477930","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1015-3837","1421-9964"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1015-3837","type":"print"},{"value":"1421-9964","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,17]]}}}