Objectives: To compare characteristics of labor, cardiotocography traces, and maternal and neonatal outcomes, in a cohort of pregnancies at term complicated by maternal intrapartum pyrexia, with or without a histologic diagnosis of chorioamnionitis.

Methods: This is a retrospective case-control study including pregnancies at term with detection of maternal intrapartum pyrexia, delivered between January 2020 and June 2021. Cardiotocography traces were entirely evaluated, since admission till delivery, and classified according to the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO) guideline. Maternal and neonatal outcomes were also recorded as secondary outcomes. Placentas have been studied according to the Amniotic Fluid Infection Nosology Committee.

Results: Forty four patients met the inclusion criteria and were included in the study cohort. There was a significant association between the use of oxytocin augmentation in labor and the histologic diagnosis of chorioamnionitis. A significative recurrence of loss and/or absence of accelerations at the point of pyrexia was also documented in women with histological chorioamnionitis compared to the others.

Conclusions: Chorioamnionitis appears to be associated with myometrial disfunction, as suggested by the increased use of oxytocin augmentation during active labor of women at term with intrapartum pyrexia and histologic diagnosis of chorioamnionitis.

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