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Ultrasound markers for chorioamnionitis and in utero fetal infection: A literature review

dc.creatorMolina-Giraldo S.spa
dc.creatorBermúdes-Roa J.spa
dc.creatorAcuña-Osorio E.spa
dc.creatorFranco-Hernández A.spa
dc.creatorRojas-Arias J.L.spa
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-25T23:59:25Z
dc.date.available2020-05-25T23:59:25Z
dc.date.created2012spa
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: A diagnosis of chorioamnionitis is based on clinical criteria which only manage 60% sensitivity and have little usefulness in predicting fetal compromise. Ultrasound emerges as a useful diagnostic alternative. An impact might be made on perinatal morbimortality by improving diagnosis through the search for echographic markers of fetal infection, thereby enabling early intervention in pregnant women at risk of fetal compromise, especially regarding subclinical chorioamnionitis. This review was aimed at providing evidence supporting an association between ultrasound's echographic findings and the presence of chorioamnionitis in in utero (congenital) fetal infection. Materials and methods: A review of the existing literature was made in medline, ovid, ebsco, ProQuest, lilacs and scielo databases from January 1985 to October 2012. Original research and review articles were included. Results: Cervical length shortening, the presence of sludge, oligohydramnios and thymus involution are the markers which have been shown to have the greatest association with intra-amniotic infection. Conclusions: Ultrasound is a tool to be considered when diagnosing in utero maternal and fetal infection.eng
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dc.identifier.issn347434
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23043
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.relation.citationEndPage355
dc.relation.citationIssueNo. 4
dc.relation.citationStartPage346
dc.relation.citationTitleRevista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 63
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, ISSN:347434, Vol.63, No.4 (2012); pp. 346-355spa
dc.relation.urihttps://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1122838773spa
dc.rights.accesRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.accesoAbierto (Texto Completo)spa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosariospa
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURspa
dc.subject.keywordBiophysical profilespa
dc.subject.keywordCervixspa
dc.subject.keywordChorioamnionitisspa
dc.subject.keywordDiagnosis prenatalspa
dc.subject.keywordDoppler ultrasonographyspa
dc.subject.keywordFetal heartspa
dc.subject.keywordOligohydramniosspa
dc.subject.keywordRespirationspa
dc.subject.keywordThymusspa
dc.subject.keywordUltrasonographyspa
dc.titleUltrasound markers for chorioamnionitis and in utero fetal infection: A literature reviewspa
dc.title.TranslatedTitleMarcadores ecográficos de corioamnionitis e infección fetal in utero. revisión de la literaturaeng
dc.typearticleeng
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.spaArtículospa
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