Clinical Chorioamnionitis and the Prognosis for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

1998189 citationsJournal Article

Authors

James M. Alexander · The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Abstract

Our results suggest a link between clinical chorioamnionitis and several indices of neonatal morbidity in the very low birth weight infant. Chorioamnionitis appears to make the very low birth weight infant particularly vulnerable to neurologic damage.

Topics & Keywords

Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volume 91, Issue 5, pp. 725-729

DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(98)00056-8

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