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The Consequences of Chorioamnionitis: Preterm Birth and Effects on Development
Journal of Pregnancy, 2013 Preterm birth is a major cause of perinatal mortality and long-term morbidity. Chorioamnionitis is a common cause of preterm birth. Clinical chorioamnionitis, characterised by maternal fever, leukocytosis, tachycardia, uterine tenderness, and preterm ...
Robert Galinsky +2 more
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Chorioamnionitis and neonatal outcomes
Pediatric Research, 2021 Chorioamnionitis or intrauterine inflammation is a frequent cause of preterm birth. Chorioamnionitis can affect almost every organ of the developing fetus. Multiple microbes have been implicated to cause chorioamnionitis, but "sterile" inflammation appears to be more common.
Viral G Jain, Kent A Willis, Alan H Jobe
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Intrauterine inflammation, infection, or both (Triple I): A new concept for chorioamnionitis
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2018 Chorioamnionitis is a common cause of preterm birth and may cause adverse neonatal outcomes, including neurodevelopmental sequelae. Chorioamnionitis has been marked to a heterogeneous setting of conditions characterized by infection or inflammation or ...
Chun-Chih Peng +2 more
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Immunobiology of Acute Chorioamnionitis
Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 Acute chorioamnionitis is characterized by neutrophilic infiltration and inflammation at the maternal fetal interface. It is a relatively common complication of pregnancy and can have devastating consequences including preterm labor, maternal infections, fetal infection/inflammation, fetal lung, brain, and gastrointestinal tract injury. In this review,
Pietro Presicce, Suhas G Kallapur
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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 HealthChorioamnionitis 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 +7 more
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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 +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 +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 AimThis study aimed to examine the association between clinically diagnosed chorioamnionitis and failed conversion of epidural labor analgesia to cesarean delivery anesthesia.MethodsThis retrospective, single-center cohort study, conducted in a ...
Yumi Katakura +3 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background Intrauterine inflammation affects short- and long-term neonatal outcomes. Histological chorioamnionitis and funisitis are acute inflammatory responses in the fetal membranes and umbilical cord, respectively.
Hyo Kyozuka +9 more
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