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Chorioamnionitis and its associated factors among women admitted to the maternity unit of Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
Chorioamnionitis is a medical illness marked by maternal fever, leukocytosis, tachycardia, uterine discomfort, and preterm membrane rupture. Chorioamnionitis affects approximately 4% of full-term deliveries worldwide, but it is more common in preterm ...
Tadios Niguss Derese, Mekdes Dereje Wondafrash, Abel Melese Teka, Hiwot Soboksa Mideksa, Lidia Dagne Mario, Tsegaye Gebreyes Hundie, Robel Bayou Tilahun, Abel Abebe Demie   +7 more
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Association of Chorioamnionitis with Aberrant Neonatal Gut Colonization and Adverse Clinical Outcomes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Chorioamnionitis (inflammation of the placenta and fetal membranes) and abnormal gastrointestinal colonization have been associated with an increased risk of sepsis and death in preterm infants, but whether chorioamnionitis causes abnormal pioneering ...
Kriti Puri, Diana H Taft, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Kurt R Schibler, Ardythe L Morrow, Suhas G Kallapur   +5 more
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Predicting chorioamnionitis in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes using inflammatory indexes: a retrospective study

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2023
Objective: The prognosis of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) combined with chorioamnionitis is often unsatisfactory for both mother and newborn.
Xiangshu Kong, Lili Jiang, Bao Zhang, Lei Sun, Kuiran Liu   +4 more
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Midwives’ knowledge and practices regarding the screening for and management of chorioamnionitis: A qualitative study [PDF]

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2021
Background: Screening for chorioamnionitis, or the risk thereof, by midwives is largely lacking during antenatal care and no best practice guidelines for chorioamnionitis in South Africa was noted.
Allison H. du Plessis, Dalena van Rooyen, Wilma ten Ham-Baloyi   +2 more
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Detection of microbial cell-free DNA in maternal and umbilical cord plasma in patients with chorioamnionitis using next generation sequencing.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:Chorioamnionitis has been linked to spontaneous preterm labor and complications such as neonatal sepsis. We hypothesized that microbial cell-free (cf) DNA would be detectable in maternal plasma in patients with chorioamnionitis and could be ...
Russell G Witt, Lily Blair, Michela Frascoli, Michael J Rosen, Quoc-Hung Nguyen, Sivan Bercovici, Simona Zompi, Roberto Romero, Tippi C Mackenzie   +8 more
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Correlation between placental bacterial PCR results and histological chorioamnionitis: a prospective study on 41 placentas

Journal of Biological Research
Chorioamnionitis or intra-uterine inflammation is considered the most common infection diagnosed in labor and delivery units worldwide. It is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, as well as neonatal death and sepsis.
Hanaa Zaidi, Laila Lahlou, Mariem Chraybi, Amina Barkat, Sabah Elamrani, Najat Lamalmi   +5 more
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Oral, nasal and pharyngeal exposure to lipopolysaccharide causes a fetal inflammatory response in sheep. [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundA fetal inflammatory response (FIR) in sheep can be induced by intraamniotic or selective exposure of the fetal lung or gut to lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
Jobe, Alan H, Kallapur, Suhas G, Kannan, Paranthaman Senthamarai, Kemp, Matthew W, Kramer, Boris W, Maneenil, Gunlawadee, Newnham, John P, Saito, Masatoshi   +7 more
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Effect of gestational age at first delivery and interpregnancy interval on the recurrence of clinical chorioamnionitisAJOG Global Reports at a Glance

AJOG Global Reports, 2022
BACKGROUND: There is an increased odds of having a recurrence of clinical chorioamnionitis in patients with a diagnosis of clinical chorioamnionitis compared with those without clinical chorioamnionitis in a previous pregnancy. However, it is unclear how
Meryl M. Sperling, MD, MA, Lillian Sie, MPH, Stephanie A. Leonard, PhD, MS, Anna I. Girsen, PhD, MD, Henry C. Lee, MD, Ronald S. Gibbs, MD   +5 more
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Chorioamnionitis: Is a major player in the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia? [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2017
Chorioamnionitis is an inflammation in the fetal membranes or placenta. When chorioamnionitis develops, fetal lungs are exposed to inflammatory cytokines and mediators via amniotic fluid.
Chang Won Choi
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Acute histologic chorioamnionitis at term: nearly always noninfectious. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The link between histologic acute chorioamnionitis and infection is well established in preterm deliveries, but less well-studied in term pregnancies, where infection is much less common.We conducted a secondary analysis among 195 low-risk women with ...
Drucilla J Roberts, Ann C Celi, Laura E Riley, Andrew B Onderdonk, Theonia K Boyd, Lise Carolyn Johnson, Ellice Lieberman   +6 more
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