Items for "puerperium"

Maternal serum interleukin-1?, -6 and -8 levels and potential determinants in pregnancy and peripartum

Aims: To measure maternal serum interleukins (IL) in pregnancy, delivery and early puerperium, and to identify their potential determinants.

Methods: Prospective longitudinal measures of serum IL-1?, IL-6 and IL-8 in 38 healthy pregnant women at antenatal visits, through labor and delivery, with clinical correlates (infection, vaginal hemorrhage and anemia) recorded by questionnaire.

Results: Pregnancy IL levels remained consistently low...

Keywords: infection, interleukins, labor, pregnancy, puerperium