When the stork makes a delivery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia wants to ensure the baby doesn’t arrive too early....
Starting in 2012, the hospital’s department of obstetrics will recommend measuring the cervical length of expectant mothers midway through their pregnancies using an ultrasound....
Andie O’Brien, a spokeswoman for CerviLenz, the Chagrin Falls, Ohio, company that makes a tool to measure a pregnant woman’s cervical length without the use of an ultrasound, praised Jefferson’s efforts to recognize and treat women with short cervixes -- the best predictor for premature birth....
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