Uterocervical angle as a second trimester screening method for the prediction of preterm birth in a Filipino population in a tertiary government hospital

Deverly Rina V. Reyes; Clarissa L. Velayo

VOLUME 17 (Supplement)

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SciEnggJ 17 (Supplement) 368-373
available online: August 31, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54645/202417SupANM-74

*Corresponding author
Email Address: bling_reyes@yahoo.com
Date received: February 27, 2024
Date revised: April 30, 2024
Date accepted: May 26, 2024

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ARTICLE

Uterocervical angle as a second trimester screening method for the prediction of preterm birth in a Filipino population in a tertiary government hospital

Deverly Rina V. Reyes*¹ and Clarissa L. Velayo^1,2

¹Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and
     Gynecology, University of the Philippines - Philippine General
     Hospital
²Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of the
     Philippines, Manila

KEYWORDS: Preterm labor, uterocervical angle, cervical length, interobserver agreement

In the Philippines, universal screening in the second trimester for predicting preterm birth (PTB) has not been universally adopted and there is a lack of studies on screening locally. Recently, the uterocervical angle (UCA) has been introduced as another prediction tool for preterm labor hence it is important to validate its reliability and clinical utility.