Preterm histologic chorioamnionitis: Impact on cord gas and pH values and neonatal outcome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1357-1365

  Richardson, Bryan S ^a   Wakim, Emma ^a   daSilva, Orlando ^a   Walton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Neonatal morbidity; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BASE; CYTOKINE; LACTIC ACID; PROTEIN; STEROID; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BABY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GAS ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LABOR ONSET; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLISM; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PH MEASUREMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ACIDOSIS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 33750987941     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.03.053     Document Type: Article

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