Korean J Obstet Gynecol.
1997 Feb;40(2):275-280.
The Association with Amniotic Fluid Interleukin-6 and Histologic Chorioamnionitis in Patients with Preterm Labor and Intact Membranes
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- 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Ewha Womans University, Korea.
- 2Department of Clinical Pathology,College of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Ewha Womans University, Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Our purpose was to determine whether amniotic amniotic fluid concentrations of interleukin-6 are valuable in the prediction of histologic chorioamnionitis and in the prediction of perinatal morbidity. STUDY DESIGN: The relation among amniotic fluid imterleukin-6, histologic chorioamnionitis, and perinatal outcome was examined in patients with preterm labor and intact membranes. Interleukin-6 was determined by ELISA method.
RESULTS
Patients with histologic chorioamnionitis had significantly higher amniotic fluld interleukin-6 concentrations than patient without histologic chrioamnionitis. Also, patient with histologic chorioamnioitis had significantly higher perinatal morbidity rate than patient without histologic chorioamnionitis. An ammiotic fluld interlerkin-6 concentration had a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 62.5% in the diagnosis of preterm delivery.
CONCLUSION
Amniotic fluld interleukin-6 is a sensitive test for the prediction of histologic chorioamnionitis and of perinatal morbidity.
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