title: Intrauterine growth of infants with chorioamnionitis.
abstract: The relationship between chorioamnionitis and fetal growth was examined by analysing the data of 299 infants with chorioamnionitis and the data of 296 infants with normal placentas. Six parameters were used for estimation of fetal growth: birth weight, length, head circumference, ponderal index, the ratio of length to head circumference and gestational age. Chorioamnionitis was identified, when at least 10 neutrophils per microscopic high-power field were present in the plate of placenta. There was no significant difference between the two groups at full term infants. The comparison could not be made under 37 weeks of gestation. It was concluded that chorioamnionitis probably did not impair particularly the fetal growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Municipal Hospital Szentes, Hungary.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kovalovszki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Veszelovszky
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benkó
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villányi
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy