Amniotic fluid C-reactive protein as a predictor of infection in caesarean section: a feasibility study
| dc.contributor.author | Marchocki, Zbigniew | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vinturache, Angela | |
| dc.contributor.author | Collins, Kevin | |
| dc.contributor.author | O'Reilly, Paddy | |
| dc.contributor.author | O'Donoghue, Keelin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-31T11:56:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-31T11:56:26Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study evaluated the feasibility of maternal C-reactive protein (CRP) in amniotic fluid (AF) as a predictor of post-partum infection in women who undergo emergency or elective caesarean section (CS). AF bacterial culture and levels of hs-CRP in maternal serum and AF were evaluated in Day 0 and three days thereafter (Day 3) in 79 women undergoing CS. Univariate analyses assessed the clinical and demographic characteristics, whereas the ROC curves assessed the feasibility of hs-CRP as marker of inflammation in women who undergo CS. There was no difference in AF, Day 0, and Day 3 serum hs-CRP levels between women with sterile compared to those with bacterial growth in AF. Among women with positive AF cultures, AF and Day 0 serum hs-CRP levels were higher in women who underwent emergency compared to those who had elective CS (p = 0.04, and p = 0.02 respectively). hs-CRP in Day 0 and Day 3 serum but not in AF has a fair predictor value of infection in emergency CS only (AUC 0.767; 95% CI 0.606-0.928, and AUC 0.791; 95% CI 0.645-0.036, respectively). We conclude that AF hs-CRP is not feasible in assessing the risk of post-cesarean inflammation or infection. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.articleid | 6372 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Marchocki, Z., Vinturache, A., Collins, K., O’ Reilly, P. and O’Donoghue, K. (2018) 'Amniotic fluid C-reactive protein as a predictor of infection in caesarean section: a feasibility study', Scientific Reports, 8, 6372 (10pp). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24569-8 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-018-24569-8 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 10 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
| dc.identifier.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | Scientific Reports | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/6214 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 8 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24569-8 | |
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| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Predictive markers | en |
| dc.subject | Pregnancy outcome | en |
| dc.title | Amniotic fluid C-reactive protein as a predictor of infection in caesarean section: a feasibility study | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |