Intrapartum fever

Intrapartum fever and unexplained seizures in term infants.

OBJECTIVE Early-onset neonatal seizures are a strong predictor of later morbidity and mortality in term infants. Although an association of noninfectious intrapartum fever with neonatal seizures in term infants has been reported, it was based on only a small number of neonates with seizures. We therefore conducted a case control study to investigate this association further. METHODS All term ...

Is intrapartum fever associated with ST-waveform changes of the fetal electrocardiogram? A retrospective cohort study.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between maternal intrapartum fever and ST-waveform changes of the fetal electrocardiogram. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Three academic and six non-academic teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. POPULATION Labouring women with a high-risk singleton pregnancy in cephalic position beyond 36 weeks of gestation. METHODS We studied 142 w...

Intrapartum hemorrhage.

Intrapartum hemorrhage is a serious and sometimes life-threatening event. Several etiologies are known and include placental abruption, uterine atony, placenta accreta, and genital tract lacerations. Prompt recognition of blood loss, identification of the source of the hemorrhage, volume resuscitation, including red blood cells and blood products when required, will result in excellent maternal...

Intrapartum fetal monitoring.

Continuous electronic fetal monitoring was developed in the 1960s to assist in the diagnosis of fetal hypoxia during labor. Continuous electronic fetal monitoring has been shown to reduce the incidence of neonatal seizures, but there has been no beneficial effect in decreasing cerebral palsy or neonatal Continuous electronic fetal monitoring was developed in the 1960s to assist in the diagnosis...

Intrapartum Uterine Rupture