Intra-amniotic infection (IAI), or chorioamnionitis, complicates up to 10% of all pregnancies and up to 2% of labors at term. There is a significant risk of complications for the mother and the ...

Conversely, histologic chorioamnionitis can be present without clinical symptoms. In one study, subclinical infection was present two to three times more commonly than clinical infection.

In 4 of the mothers (Cases 2, 4, 5 and 9) a diagnosis of chorioamnionitis was made on the basis of fever and foul-smelling amniotic fluid; vaginal cultures of 3 of these women yielded Group B ...

Lung injury of the neonate is a nosological entity that particularly affects preterm infants (e.g. 28 wks GA and 1000 g). Lung damage may start during pregnancy, but is realized especially during the ...

Prenatal, postnatal, and membrane-related microbiological tests were all negative, and the pathological examination of the membranes revealed grade III acute chorioamnionitis. The combined application ...

High BMI in pregnancy approximately doubled the risk for insomnia among offspring and was not fully explained by familial factors.

AAPLOG opposes abortion. When extreme medical emergencies that threaten the life of the mother arise (chorioamnionitis or HELLP syndrome could be examples), AAPLOG believes in “treatment to save the ...

The suit alleges hospital staff failed to recognize the signs of chorioamnionitis in the mother and fetal distress in the unborn child in time. According to the report, proper identification could ...

Introduction Suspected preterm labour (SPL) is an obstetric complication that occurs in 9% of all pregnancies and is the leading cause of antenatal hospital admissions. More than half of women with ...