Association of nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns and subsequent cerebral palsy in pregnancies with intrauterine bacterial infection

• Published in: American journal of perinatology Vol. 22; no. 4; p. 181
• Main Authors: Sameshima, Hiroshi, Ikenoue, Tsuyomu, Ikeda, Tomoaki, Kamitomo, Masato, Ibara, Satoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2005
• Subjects: Cerebral Palsy - epidemiology; Cerebral Palsy - physiopathology; Chorioamnionitis - epidemiology; Female; Fetal Blood - chemistry; Fetal Diseases - epidemiology; Gestational Age; Heart Rate, Fetal; Humans; Logistic Models; Obstetric Labor Complications - epidemiology; Odds Ratio; Pregnancy; Risk Factors

We evaluated an association of nonreassuring fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns and subsequent cerebral palsy (CP) in pregnancies with intrauterine bacterial infection. Among 10,030 infants born during 1995 to 2000, 139 were complicated with acute intrauterine bacterial infection in labor. The FHR patt...