Pregnancy · Preterm Birth

C-reactive protein as a predictor of fetal and maternal infective morbidity and fetal mortality

de Souza JJ, Perlmann T, Herman AA, Ransome OJ, Kantor RW

Published June 6, 1987 South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde, 71(11), 690-692
PMID 3589862

Abstract

The value of maternal C-reactive protein (CRP) levels as predictors of fetal and maternal infective morbidity and fetal mortality was assessed prospectively over a 6-month period in all cases of premature rupture of the fetal membranes or suspected premature labour. Statistical analysis of results showed that CRP at a level of 1.32 mg/dl is a sensitive marker of infective morbidity in mother and neonate. Furthermore, there was a significant association between raised CRP levels and low-birth-weight babies, suggesting that intra-uterine infection is a major cause of prematurity in the study population.

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PMID 3589862 3589862 de Souza et al. 1987, de Souza 1987