Latency beyond 12 hours after term prelabour rupture of membranes is independently linked to a higher likelihood of maternal ...

Infant deaths from chorioamnionitis are rare, but aggressive use of antibiotics to prevent infections is common in suspected cases. Unfortunately, those antibiotic treatments also can interfere with ...

BOSTON — Despite a strong correlation between histopathologic chorioamnionitis (HC) and neonatal sepsis, the finding is not an independent marker of the infectious complication and should not be used ...

Current American Academy of Pediatric recommendations call for the empirical use of antibiotics for all well-appearing term newborn infants born to women given a diagnosis of chorioamnionitis. The ...

What is Intra-amniotic Infection? Intra-amniotic infection is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the fetal membranes, amniotic fluid, placenta and the uterus. Chorion is the outer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 32-week, 1,627-g newborn female, with premature and prolonged rupture of membranes, was delivered via cesarean ...

HealthDay News — Chorioamnionitis does not appear to be associated with decreased Bayley II scores at age 2 years, according to a study published in the March issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Emilie ...

A new study is providing new evidence that the vast majority of babies who are born with severe brain damage are not the result of mismanaged deliveries. A study by researchers at Loyola University ...

Experts report that two drugs known to block inflammatory signaling prevent lung damage linked to chorioamnionitis in animal models. One of the serious complications that can occur during late ...

One of the serious complications that can occur during late pregnancy happens when the amniotic sac (also called the bag of waters) breaks too early, which can allow bacterial infections to cause ...