Eunjung Jung, Roberto Romero, Manaphat Suksai, Francesca Gotsch, Piya Chaemsaithong, Offer Erez, Agustin Conde-Agudelo, Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Stanley M Berry, Arun Meyyazhagan, Bo Hyun Yoon
Clinical chorioamnionitis, the most common infection-related diagnosis in labor and delivery units, is an antecedent of puerperal infection and neonatal sepsis. The condition is suspected when intrapartum fever is associated with two other maternal and fetal signs of local or systemic inflammation (eg, maternal tachycardia, uterine tenderness, maternal leukocytosis, malodorous vaginal discharge or amniotic fluid, and fetal tachycardia). Clinical chorioamnionitis is a syndrome caused by intraamniotic infection, sterile intraamniotic inflammation (inflammation without bacteria), or systemic maternal inflammation induced by epidural analgesia...
March 21, 2023: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology