The association between meconium-stained amniotic fluid and chorioamnionitis or endometritis.
OBJECTIVE
Assess the association between meconium-stained amniotic fluid and chorioamnionitis or endometritis in term pregnant women.


METHODS
A five-year retrospective study was undertaken between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2003. One thousand seventy-nine pregnant women who delivered at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Phramongkutklao Hospital were included in the present study.


RESULTS
Five hundred andfifty-three pregnant women (51.25%) had meconium-stained amniotic fluid (group 1) and 526 (48.75%) pregnant women were clear of amniotic fluid (group 2). Two pregnant woman in group 1 (0.36%) and eight pregnant women in group 2 (1.52%) were found to have chorioamnionitis (OR = 0.235). Postpartum endometritis was detected in only one (0.18%) pregnant women in group 1 and nine (1.71%) pregnant women in group 2 (OR = 0.104).


CONCLUSIONS
No association was found between meconium-stained amniotic fluids and chorioamnionitis or endometritis.
Panichkul
Suthee
S
Department of Military and Community Medicine, Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Boonprasertmd
Kultaree
K
Komolpismd
Sayomporn
S
Panichkul
Prisana
P
Caengow
Supak
S
D000328:Adult; D000653:Amniotic Fluid; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000209:etiology*; D004716:Endometritis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008470:Meconium; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies