TITLE:
Neonatal Infection among Women with Prior Premature Labor
AUTHORS:
Tandu-Umba Barthélémy, Kalonji Tshianyi David
KEYWORDS:
Prior Premature Labor, Maternal Urogenital Infection, Neonatal Infection, Risk Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.5 No.15,
December
8,
2015
ABSTRACT: Objectives: Since studies demonstrate that neonates born to mothers
having been cared for premature labor will suffer from congenital neonatal
sepsis, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence and main risk factors of neonatal
infection among mothers having experienced a prior premature labor. Methods:
This was a cross sectional study carried out from January 1st throughout 31st December,
2013 at the university clinics of Kinshasa. It concerned all delivered women at
term having been cared for premature labor prior to giving birth a live
newborn. Maternal variables of interest were: parity, gestation, age,
intrapartum fever, malaria, urogenital infection during the last 2 weeks before
delivery (UGI), premature rupture of membranes (PROM), cervical cerclage, meconium-stained
amniotic fluid (MSAF) and the way of delivery. For neonates attention was paid
on gestational age, birth weight, admission at neonatal intensive care unit
(ANICU) and infection as stated within three days after birth. T-test and
Chi-square were used where appropriate. Logistic analysis was used to determine
the risk for maternal variables to induce neonatal infection (OR and CI), the
significance stated at p