Intra-amniotic infection
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Singleton pregnancy patients who developed PPROM between 22 gestational weeks and 0 days and 33 gestational weeks 6 days (from August 2014 to April 2020).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with an unclear time of membrane rupture, patients who underwent amniocentesis after amnioinfusion, patients who underwent amniocentesis more than 24 h after being diagnosed with PPROM, patients with unclear results of amniotic fluid culture, patients diagnosed with IAI alone or MIAC alone, patients who delivered <7 days after being diagnosed with PPROM, patients who were not administered previously arranged antibiotics, patients who did not undergo follow-up amniocentesis for any reason, and patients without either IAI or MIAC who had the secondary intra-amniotic infection before follow-up amniocentesis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The change and rate of change in amniotic fluid IL-6 levels between the initial and follow-up amniocentesis | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The changes in the load of Ureaplasma spp. DNA in the amniotic fluid between the initial and follow-up amniocentesis | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
National Hospital Organization, Saga National Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology