
Episode 54: Term Pregnancy Part 1 with Jacqueline Galvan
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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What Is Chorio Amoanitis?
Chorio amoanitis or just plain chorio is one of the most common infections in term pregnant women. The mechanism is that especially once the mom has been ruptured for a prolonged amount of time, your normal perineum vaginal tract flora gain access to the uterus and then that develops as an infection. Important consequences of that are preterm labor, placental abruption, urine atany because the uterus is just sick and can't contract down well,. And unfortunately, the risk of cerebral palsy.
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