Corioamnionite: prevalência, fatores de risco e mortalidade neonatal - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.1088

Nelson Shozo Uchimura; Denis Bataglini Grandi; Yandara Keiko Yamashita; Taqueco Teruya Uchimura

doi:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v29i2.1088

Chorioamnionitis: prevalence, risk factors and neonatal mortality - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.1088

Authors

Nelson Shozo Uchimura UEM Author
Denis Bataglini Grandi UEM Author
Yandara Keiko Yamashita UEM Author
Taqueco Teruya Uchimura UEM Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v29i2.1088

Keywords:

corioamnionite, fatores de risco, baixo peso ao nascer, mortalidade perinatal

Abstract

Chorioamnionitis is the acute inflammation of fetal membranes caused by a bacterial infection, leading to premature births and the increase of maternal and neonatal morbimortality. The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence, risk factors and neonatal mortality rates from chorioamnionitis in expectant mothers who were admitted to Maringá University Hospital in 1997. This cross-sectional study was performed using data collected medical records. Fisher’s exact risk test and relative risk were utilized to verify the differences in the averages. Nine cases of chorioamnionitis (1.8%) were observed among 504 pregnants. The risk factors associated were a mean age of 24.6 years, Caucasian ethnicity and low level of schooling. The presence of uterine activity was an important sign of infection, in addition to tachycardia and fever in the mother. Chorioamnionitis was associated to pelvic/transversal fetal presentation, meconial/sanguinous amniotic fluid, low birth weight and Apgar score < 7, besides higher perinatal morbimortality

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Author Biography

Nelson Shozo Uchimura, UEM

possui graduação em Faculdade de Medicina da USP pela Universidade de São Paulo (1975), mestrado em Medicina (Ginecologia) pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1993) e doutorado em Medicina (Ginecologia) pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo (2002). Atualmente é professor não-titular da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Tem experiência na área de Medicina, com ênfase em Ginecologia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: HPV, Papilomavírus humano, Patologias do trato genital inferior, colposcopia, câncer de colo uterino, baixo peso ao nascer, aleitamento materno, células de Langerhans no colo uterino, amniorrexe prematura e desmame Currículo Lattes

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Published

2008-03-12

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Medicine

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Chorioamnionitis: prevalence, risk factors and neonatal mortality - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.1088. (2008). Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 29(2), 159-164. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v29i2.1088