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Risk Factors for Postpartum Maternal Infection Following Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery Complicated by Chorioamnionitis

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2020
Objective Guidelines for the management of chorioamnionitis include intrapartum antibiotics, while postpartum antibiotics after spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) are reserved high-risk women.
Helen A. Daifotis, Megan M. Smith, Anna E. Denoble, Sarah K. Dotters-Katz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antibiotic use during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes of offspring in early childhood [PDF]

, 2020
There is limited research on the effects of antibiotic use during pregnancy on neurodevelopmental outcomes of offspring in early childhood. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between antibiotic use during early pregnancy and ...
Gamache, Tressa
core  

Effects of antenatal betamethasone on preterm human and mouse ductus arteriosus: comparison with baboon data. [PDF]

, 2018
BackgroundAlthough studies involving preterm infants ≤34 weeks gestation report a decreased incidence of patent ductus arteriosus after antenatal betamethasone, studies involving younger gestation infants report conflicting results.MethodsWe used preterm
A El-Khuffash, AC Vidaeff, AM Ring, B Schmidt, B Thebaud, C Kahler, Christopher W. Hooper, Donald McCurnin, E Michelakis, E Pagni, EJ Plosa, EL Shelton, Elaine L. Shelton, Erin J. Plosa, F Coceani, F Schena, F Waffarn, Ginger L. Milne, H Liu, H Ozdemir, HW Park, J Reese, JD Stewart, Jeff Reese, JJ Coalson, John T. Benjamin, K Momma, K Toyoshima, LW Doyle, LW Gonzales, M Eronen, M Liebowitz, M Liebowitz, N Waleh, N Waleh, N Waleh, N Wasserstrum, Nahid Waleh, Naoko Brown, Noah J. Ehinger, OM Peltoniemi, PA Crowley, RD Roghair, RI Clyman, RI Clyman, Ronald I. Clyman, S Costa, Stanley Poole, Steven Seidner, W Onland, Y Ichikawa   +50 more
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Modern Management of Clinical Chorioamnionitis [PDF]

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1995
Clinical chorioamnionitis continues to contribute to fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality. Significant advances have been made in the last 20 years in understanding the pathophysiologic processes leading to chorioamnionitis. This review addresses the history, incidence, pathophysiology, host defenses, risk factors, diagnosis, and maternal and ...
Robert A. Knuppel, Thomas Westover
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Foetal Cardiac Function in Early Labour and Intrapartum Outcomes: A Prospective Observational Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess foetal myocardial deformation in normo‐oxygenated foetuses in early labour and its relationship with intrapartum outcomes. Design Single centre prospective study. Setting Referral tertiary maternity unit. Population Uncomplicated singleton term pregnancies in early labour.
Andrea Dall'Asta, Chiara Melito, Beatrice Valentini, Mariagrazia Capurso, Maria Teresa Baffa, Olga Patey, Basky Thilaganathan, Tullio Ghi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Histologic chorioamnionitis in preterm infants: correlation with brain magnetic resonance imaging at term equivalent age

BMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background To explore the associations between histologic chorioamnionitis with brain injury, maturation and size on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of preterm infants at term equivalent age.
Claire Granger, Alicia J. Spittle, Jennifer Walsh, Jan Pyman, Peter J. Anderson, Deanne K. Thompson, Katherine J. Lee, Lee Coleman, Charuta Dagia, Lex W. Doyle, Jeanie Cheong   +10 more
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Gross appearance of the fetal membrane on the placental surface is associated with histological chorioamnionitis and neonatal respiratory disorders.

PLoS ONE, 2020
An opaque fetal membrane based on gross appearance is traditionally indicative of histological chorioamnionitis; however, to the best of our knowledge, there is currently no supportive evidence, and its diagnostic efficiency has not yet been ...
Yoshimasa Horikoshi, Chizuko Yaguchi, Naomi Furuta-Isomura, Toshiya Itoh, Kenta Kawai, Tomoaki Oda, Masako Matsumoto, Yukiko Kohmura-Kobayashi, Naoaki Tamura, Toshiyuki Uchida, Naohiro Kanayama, Hiroaki Itoh   +11 more
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Amniotic fluid from healthy term pregnancies does not harbor a detectable microbial community [PDF]

, 2018
Recent studies have conflicting data regarding the presence of intra-amniotic microbiota. Viral communities are increasingly recognized as important although overlooked components of the human microbiota.
Holtz, Lori R, Lim, Efrem S, Rodriquez, Cynthia   +2 more
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Antenatal Corticosteroid Administration and Childhood Respiratory Morbidity: A Regression Discontinuity Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine if routine administration of antenatal corticosteroids affects the risk of infant lower respiratory tract infection and/or childhood asthma. Design Linked population‐based cohort analysed using a regression discontinuity design, which better controls for confounding than standard observational studies.
Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Sam Harper, M. Claire Cordingley, Jessica Liauw, M. Amanda Skoll, Peter M. Socha, Myriam Srour, Joseph Y. Ting, Erin C. Strumpf   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Streptococcus mitis Chorioamnionitis after Dental Scaling and Oral Sex

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2020
Background. Oral sex is postulated to be a risk factor for the introduction of bacteria into the amniotic cavity. Common oropharyngeal bacteria have been implicated in reports of second trimester chorioamnionitis via ascending vaginal transmission ...
Boshra Sara Hosseini, Jennifer Hunt
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