To optimize outcome in threatening preterm delivery, postponing delivery for 48 hours with tocolytic agents is common practice in most perinatal centres [ 10], to allow maximal effect of maternal steroid administration and transportation of the mother to a centre with neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) facilities.
As can be seen from this table, performance of the LBC doubles the low number of women in whom delivery is postponed correctly, whereas the number of women who are allowed delivery in the presence of fetal lung maturity does not change.
Though the terms of the ultimatum were finally approved on July 19, its delivery was postponed to the evening of July 23, since by that time the French president, Raymond Poincaré, and his premier, René Viviani, who had set off on a state visit to Russia on July 15, would be on their way home and therefore unable to concert an immediate reaction with their Russian allies.
The value of the fetal lung maturity tests will also depend on the individual clinical situation, for example on the risk of intrauterine death in case delivery is postponed, and on the risk of deterioration of the condition of the mother in case of severe pre-eclampsia.
France has postponed delivery of the Mistral ships.
The airline has postponed delivery of some Airbus planes it has on order, but capital spending was already battened down.
An aid convoy that was meant to enter Ghouta on Thursday postponed delivery after learning about reports of chemical attacks in two towns and heavy bombardment.
In 2003 Mr Schrempp assured investors that matters would be put right but in January this year Mercedes postponed delivery of some 30,000 cars because of faulty fuel pumps.
The company said it would pay a penalty to the ministry after it postponed delivery of Nimrods by 23 months to 2005 because it faced a shortage of skilled labor.
Meanwhile, China has postponed delivery of two pandas to Malaysia out of respect for relatives of the missing.
But less than a year later the company postponed delivery again -- this time to early 2011 -- because of a delay in the availability of a Rolls-Royce engine needed for the final phases of flight testing.
