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Re: Premature laborFrom: ATB28 (ATB28@aol.com)Fri May 8 08:16:21 1998
In a message dated 05/07/1998 8:13:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, babydoc@pixelation.com writes: << A vaginal swab for fetal fibronectin may be helpful here--it tends to indicate those in whom preterm delivery is a strong possibility if positive. >> Actually, a positive fFN is not very useful as the sensitivity is poor (false positive rate is >50%) and there is no diagnostic test which can be used to follow-up this screening test and there are inconsistent proven treatment modalities. The benefit of fFN screening is in it's excellent specificity...a negative fFN screen is highly predictive of non-risk for delivery. Allan
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