Association between Chorioamnionitis Severity and Procalcitonin Levels in Umbilical Venous Blood

Association between Chorioamnionitis Severity and Procalcitonin Levels in Umbilical Venous Blood

Background: Procalcitonin can effectively differentiate between bacterial sepsis and a systemic inflammatory response syndrome of noninfectious origins in the adult. However, the usefulness of procalcitonin in perinatal field is not determined. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine whethe...

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Main Authors: Masatoki Kaneko, Junsuke Muraoka, Naoshi Yamada, Yuki Kodama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IMR Press 2022-07-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology
Subjects:
chorioamnionitis
intraventricular hemorrhage
neonatal sepsis
neonatal death
procalcitonin
prematurity
periventricular leukomalacia
Online Access:https://www.imrpress.com/journal/CEOG/49/7/10.31083/j.ceog4907160

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