title: [C-reactive protein in the maternal serum and risk of maternal infection in premature rupture of the fetal membranes and threatened premature labor].
abstract: For diagnosis of ascending intra-uterine infections, regular controls of the serum CRP levels were carried out in 129 patients with premature rupture of membranes and impending premature labour. The height of the maternal CRP level and the simultaneously determined leucocyte counts and band counts were compared with the peripartal fever morbidity (intrapartal fever, puerperal fever). It was established that patients who had a prepartal CRP level of 10 mg/l or more suffered febrile complications more frequently (fever morbidity 18.2%) than females in whom such high CRP values did not occur (fever morbidity 3.4%). Similar correlations existed between the other parameters tested and the fever morbidity, and subclinical intrauterine infections were recognized with higher reliability if CRP, leucocyte count and band count had been determined in combination.
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik, Klinikums Berlin-Buch.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koppitz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morack
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
mesh_terms: D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange / Q000502:physiology; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000097:blood*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein
vernacular_title: C-reaktives Protein (CRP) im mütterlichen Serum und mütterliches Infektionsrisiko bei vorzeitigem Blasensprung und drohender Frühgeburt.