The association between meconium-stained amniotic fluid and chorioamnionitis or endometritis.
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2007-03-13
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OBJECTIVE: Assess the association between meconium-stained amniotic fluid and chorioamnionitis or endometritis in term pregnant women.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: A five-year retrospective study was undertaken between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2003. One thousand seventy-nine pregnant women who delivered at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Phramongkutklao Hospital were included in the present study.
RESULTS: Five hundred andfifty-three pregnant women (51.25%) had meconium-stained amniotic fluid (group 1) and 526 (48.75%) pregnant women were clear of amniotic fluid (group 2). Two pregnant woman in group 1 (0.36%) and eight pregnant women in group 2 (1.52%) were found to have chorioamnionitis (OR = 0.235). Postpartum endometritis was detected in only one (0.18%) pregnant women in group 1 and nine (1.71%) pregnant women in group 2 (OR = 0.104).
CONCLUSION: No association was found between meconium-stained amniotic fluids and chorioamnionitis or endometritis.
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Chotmaihet Thangphaet.
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Panichkul S, Boonprasertmd K, Komolpismd S, Panichkul P, Caengow S. The association between meconium-stained amniotic fluid and chorioamnionitis or endometritis. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. 2007 Mar; 90(3): 442-7