لطاخة بابانيكولاو: الفرق بين النسختين

يمكن إجراء اختبار اللطاخة حتى 24 عامًا من [[العمر الحملي]]،<ref name=victoria>[http://www.papscreen.org.au/forwomen/whoshouldhavepaptests/pregnantwomen PapScreen Victoria > Pregnant women] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201225635/http://www.papscreen.org.au/forwomen/whoshouldhavepaptests/pregnantwomen |date=2014-02-01 }} from Cancer Council Victoria 2014</ref> ولا يرفع اختبار بابانيكولاو من معدلات [[الإجهاض]] التلقائي،<ref name=victoria/> وغالبًا ما يُظهر اختبار بابانيكولاو أثناء [[الحمل]] التهابات<ref>[http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/35304/1_ftp.pdf?sequence=1] {{cite journal | author = Michael CW | title = The Papanicolaou Smear and the Obstetric Patient: A Simple Test with Great Benefits | journal = Diagnostic Cytopathology | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–3 | year = 1999 | pmid = 10405797 | pmc = | doi = 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199907)21:1<1::AID-DC1>3.0.CO;2-0 }} {{Webarchive|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170817231635/https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/35304/1_ftp.pdf?sequence=1 |date=17 أغسطس 2017}}</ref> لكن ذلك لا يعني بالضرورة حدوث [[ولادة مبكرة]].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lanouette JM, Puder KS, Berry SM, Bryant DR, Dombrowski MP | title = Is inflammation on Papanicolaou smear a risk factor for preterm delivery? | journal = Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | pages = 244–247 | year = 1997 | pmid = 9354886 | doi=10.1159/000264477}}</ref>