OBJECTIVE: Patients with an episode of preterm labor that subsides in response to tocolysis
and who, subsequently, deliver at term are considered to have false preterm labor. However,
the episode of “preterm labor” may represent the uterine response (ie, uterine contractions)
to an insult not severe enough to trigger preterm parturition, but which may put the fetus at
risk for additional pregnancy complications, including growth restriction. The objective of this
study was to compare the frequency of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates among …