Clinical and laboratory characteristics of chorioamnionitis and risk of asphyxia related complications
The association between clinical and laboratory characteristics of chorioamnionitis and composite neonatal asphyxia related conditions is displayed in table 4. Neither maternal fever, first or highest leukocyte count were associated with an increased risk of asphyxia related complications. Likewise, there was no association between first measure of CRP and the outcome. A highest CRP in the third tertile was associated with an approximately doubled risk of composite asphyxia related complications (adjusted OR 1.93 [95% CI 1.09-3.41]). Fetal tachycardia was associated with an increased risk of asphyxia related complications (adjusted OR 1.63 [95% CI 1.01-2.65]).