Does use of an intrauterine catheter during labor increase risk of infection?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-418

  Van Halem, Karlijn ^a   Bakker, Jannet J H ^a   Verhoeven, Corine J ^b   Papatsonis, Dimitri N M ^c   Van Oudgaarden, Elisabeth D ^d   Janssen, Petra ^e   Bloemenkamp, Kitty W ^f   Mol, Ben Willem J ^a,b   Van Der Post, Joris A M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

intrauterine catheter; Postpartum period; puerperal infection; uterine monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE CATHETER; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTION; LABOR, INDUCED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; UTERINE MONITORING; UTERUS;

EID: 84858665568     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.582905     Document Type: Article

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