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amnionitis

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amnionitis [‚am·nē·ō′nīd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the amnion resulting from infection.


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Complications of rat-bite fever include destructive joint disease, pericarditis, endocarditis, abscesses, pneumonia, parotitis, pancreatitis, and, rarely, meningitis and amnionitis.
One patient was a pregnant woman who developed amnionitis and septic shock and had to undergo an emergency cesarean section.
Risk factors have been identified that increase the loss of blood after abdominal delivery and include general anesthesia, Hispanic/North American ancestry, preeclampsia, amnionitis, prolonged first stage of labor, prolonged second stage of labor, macrosomia, a history of postpartum hemorrhage, and the method of placental removal at cesarean delivery.
 
 
 
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