Elevated amniotic fluid levels of leukemia inhibitory factor, interleukin 6, and interleukin 8 in intra-amniotic infection

Article Abstract:

Levels of inflammatory cytokines in amniotic fluid appear to be elevated in pregnant women with intra-amniotic infections. Researchers collected amniotic fluid samples from 41 women with premature labor, contractions, or ruptured membranes. Fifteen patients had infections diagnosed by amniotic fluid culture and 26 women did not have an infection. The levels of leukemia inhibitory factor, interleukin 6, and interleukin 8 were significantly higher in samples from women with an infection. Measurement of these substances may aid the diagnosis of chorioamnionitis and other infections of pregnancy.

Infection, Physiological aspects, Cytokines, Amniotic fluid, Interleukin-6, Chorioamnionitis

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First trimester ultrasound screening is effective in reducing postterm labor induction rates: a randomized controlled trial

Article Abstract:

A study was designed to test the null hypothesis that first trimester ultrasound crown rump length measurement for gestational age determinants will result in no difference in the rate of induction of labor for postterm pregnancy compared with the second trimester. The application of a program of first trimester ultrasound screening to a low risk obstetric population results in a significant reduction in the rate of labor induction for postterm pregnancy.

Methods, Ultrasound imaging, Causes of, Surveys, Obstetrical extraction, Pregnancy, Protracted, Post-term pregnancy

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Prior cesarean delivery is not associated with an increased risk of stillbirth in a subsequent pregnancy: Analysis of U.S. perinatal mortality data, 1995-1997

Article Abstract:

The US perinatal mortality data is used to examine the association between prior cesarean delivery and unexplained intrauterine fetal demise at term. The results have shown that a prior cesarean delivery is not associated with an increased risk of stillbirth in a subsequent pregnancy.

Risk factors, Pregnancy, Complications of, Pregnancy complications, Cesarean section, Still-birth, Stillbirth

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