Premature Birth

"Premature Birth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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CHILDBIRTH before 37 weeks of PREGNANCY (259 days from the first day of the mother's last menstrual period, or 245 days after FERTILIZATION).

Descriptor ID	D047928
MeSH Number(s)	C13.703.420.491.500
Concept/Terms	Premature Birth Premature Birth Birth, Premature Births, Premature Premature Births Preterm Birth Birth, Preterm Births, Preterm Preterm Births

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Diseases [C]
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications [C13]
Pregnancy Complications [C13.703]
Obstetric Labor Complications [C13.703.420]
Obstetric Labor, Premature [C13.703.420.491]
Premature Birth [C13.703.420.491.500]

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Bar chart showing 89 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2007	2	0	2
2008	2	0	2
2009	2	0	2
2010	1	1	2
2011	2	2	4
2012	4	3	7
2013	2	1	3
2014	4	1	5
2015	2	3	5
2016	3	1	4
2017	3	2	5
2018	5	1	6
2019	2	0	2
2020	5	1	6
2021	6	3	9
2022	12	1	13
2023	4	0	4
2024	3	1	4
2025	2	2	4

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Singh R, Pierce CB, Makker K, Jacobson L, Jensen ET, Vaidya R, Gogcu S, Sanderson K, South AM, Thompson A, Perng W, Perrin EM, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Dunlop AL, Dabelea D, Ferrara A, Hedderson MM, Zhu Y, Karagas M, Camargo CA, Hockett CW, Aris IM, McEvoy CT, Ganiban JM, Farzan S, Serrano-Gonzalez M, Carnell S, Geiger SD, Zhao Q, O'Shea TM. Association of Maternal Prepregnancy BMI With Offspring Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Childhood. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Dec; 33(12):2330-2344.

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Gorasiya S, Mushi J, Yoganathan S, Barasa L, Pekson R, Ashby CR, Reznik SE. N,N-Diethylacetamide and N,N-Dipropylacetamide inhibit the NF-kB pathway in in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models of inflammation-induced preterm birth. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 14; 15(1):29861.

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Freeman JR, Whitcomb BW, Bertone-Johnson ER, O'Brien LM, Dunietz GL, Purdue-Smithe AC, Kim K, Silver RM, Schisterman EF, Mumford SL. Preconception sleep, pregnancy loss, and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with a history of pregnancy loss. Hum Reprod. 2025 Jul 01; 40(7):1366-1376.

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Lynn T, Kelleher ME, Georges HM, McCauley EM, Logan RW, Yonkers KA, Abrahams VM. Buprenorphine induces human fetal membrane sterile inflammation. J Reprod Immunol. 2025 Mar; 168:104445.

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Darivemula S, Kouassi-Brou M, Pollack C, Paris A, Goodman D, Fisher T. Multivariable modeling: A retrospective cohort study exploring the impact of socioeconomic status and distance to a rural academic center on all-cause preterm delivery. PLoS One. 2024; 19(10):e0306859.

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Li H, Liu M, Zhang J, Liu S, Fang Z, Pan M, Sui X, Rang W, Xiao H, Jiang Y, Zheng Y, Ge X. The effect of preterm birth on thalamic development based on shape and structural covariance analysis. Neuroimage. 2024 Aug 15; 297:120708.

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James TG, McKee KS, Moore Simas TA, Smith LD, McKee MM, Mitra M. Cesarean birth and adverse birth outcomes among sub-populations of deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Disabil Health J. 2024 Oct; 17(4):101639.

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Hart JM, Macharia A, Modest AM, Johnson KM, Lauring J, Nicasio E, Hacker MR, Spiel MH. Cerclage Plus Adjuvant Vaginal Progesterone for Preterm Birth Prevention in Patients with a Short or Dilated Cervix without Prior Preterm Birth. Am J Perinatol. 2024 Sep; 41(12):1595-1603.

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Kinney RL, Copeland LA, Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Walker L, Marteeny V, Mattocks KM. Newborn Outcomes Among Veterans Utilizing VHA Maternity Benefits, 2016-2020. Mil Med. 2023 05 16; 188(5-6):e1252-e1259.

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Holman-Vittone A, Monahan B, LeBlanc ES, Liu S, Nassir R, Saquib N, Schnatz PF, Shadyab AH, Sinkey R, Wactawski-Wende J, Wild RA, Chasan-Taber L, Manson JE, Spracklen CN. Associations of maternal preterm birth with subsequent risk for type 2 diabetes in women from the women's health initiative. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2023 06; 14(3):333-340.

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