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Patients undergoing cesarean delivery who have factors exposing them to increased risk of hemorrhage can be identified prospectively. These women will benefit greatly from extended preoperative counseling when possible, effective utilization of blood bank technology through type and cross-match requests, and preventive measures during abdominal delivery to minimize blood loss.

Both the home uterine contraction assessment and fetal fibronectin accurately predicted preterm birth before 34 weeks. When both tests were combined, the predictive ability improved substantially.