Maternal C-reactive protein at hospital admission is a simple predictor of funisitis in preterm premature rupture of membranes

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-99

  Perrone, Giuseppina ^a   Anceschi, Maurizio M ^a   Capri, Oriana ^a   Galoppi, Paola ^a   Pizzulo, Sabrina ^a   Buccheri, Matteo ^a   Pascone, Roberto ^a   Nofroni, Italo ^a   Brunelli, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Fetal infection; Funisitis; Preterm premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNISITIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRETERM PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PLATELET COUNT; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866730691     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337717     Document Type: Article

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