当病人提示有进行性早产时应对患者采取适当的处理并对胎儿进行监护。本文报道利用胎儿呼吸运动存在与否来区分是进行性早产还是假早产。本研究包括64例在妊娠26～37周的先兆早产。根据是否存在呼吸运动将患者分成2组,每一组再分成3个亚组,根据以下标准:①仅有疼痛性子宫收缩;②疼痛性子宫收缩伴自发性破膜;③疼痛性 Patients should be treated properly and the fetus monitored when prompted to have premature labor. This article reports the use of fetal respiratory motion to determine whether premature or preterm delivery is present. This study included 64 preterm births in 26 to 37 weeks of gestation. Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of respiratory movement, and each group was subdivided into three subgroups according to the following criteria: (1) only painful uterine contractions; (2) painful uterine contractions with spontaneous rupture; (3) painfulness