Amniotic fluid concentrations of soluble scavenger receptor for hemoglobin (sCD163) in pregnancy complicated by preterm premature rupture of the membranes and histologic chorioamnionitis

Abstract

Amniotic fluid sCD163 concentrations decrease with advancing gestation. Amniotic fluid sCD163 concentrations are significantly higher in women with PPROM between 24 and 36 gestational weeks with histological chorioamnionitis than those without histological signs of inflammation.

Keywords

• Amniotic fluid
• histological chorioamnionitis
• preterm premature rupture of the membranes
• sCD163