Effect of labor on neutrophil phagocytic function in patients with uncomplicated term pregnancies.
This investigation analyzed the effect of labor on the phagocytic activity of neutrophils in women with uncomplicated term pregnancies. Nineteen healthy women who were not pregnant and did not use oral contraceptives or glucocorticoids served as controls. Peripheral venous blood samples were collected from 15 study patients who were in the active phase of labor (5-10 cm of dilation). Neutrophil phagocytic function was evaluated with the radioiodine fixation test. Assays were conducted utilizing both pooled homologous serum and autologous serum. There was no statistically significant difference in the neutrophil phagocytic function of laboring patients and controls. In addition, there was no evidence that serum from pregnant women exerted a depressant effect on phagocytosis.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011247:Pregnancy
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes