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Meconium Amniotic Fluid is Associated with Endomyometritis

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed to determine whether MSAF is associated with endometritis after delivery.

Methods

This cohort study was conducted from 2012 to 2013 in Kosar Hospital of Qazvin, Iran. All women with cesarean delivery (1239 women) beyond 37 weeks of gestational age participated in the study. Data were collected on rates of endomyometritis, quality of amniotic fluid and were analyzed with bivariate and multivariate statistics. Probability values of <.05 were considered statistically significant.

Results

We found that among 1239 women with cesarean delivery at term 2.34 % were diagnosed with endometritis. Compared with deliveries with clear amniotic fluid, those with MSAF had higher rates of endomyometritis (1.5 vs 3.2 %, P < .04).

Conclusion

We found that the presence of MSAF is associated with puerperal infection even when being controlled for confounders.

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Acknowledgments

This study is a funded research project which was approved at the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery. We would like to thank all people who helped us to conduct this study.

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  1. Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, School of Medical, Qazvin University of Medical Science, Qazvin, Iran

    Hamideh Pakniat

  2. Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

    Fatemeh Mohammadi

  3. Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

    Fatemeh Ranjkesh

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The research proposal of this study has been reviewed by the Medical Research Ethical Committee of the Qazvin University of Medical Science, and there is no conflict with ethical consideration date: January 15, 2012. The authors of this paper have not declared any conflicts of interest.

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Hamideh Pakniat is Assistant Professor in Department of Obstetric and Gynecology at School of Medical, Qazvin University of Medical Science; Fatemeh Mohammadi is Assistant Professor in Gerontology, Department of Midwifery at School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences; Fatemeh Ranjkesh is Instructor in Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences.

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Pakniat, H., Mohammadi, F. & Ranjkesh, F. Meconium Amniotic Fluid is Associated with Endomyometritis. J Obstet Gynecol India 66 (Suppl 1), 136–140 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-015-0828-0

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