The association between clinical findings and microbiologic profiles among BV-positive pregnant women

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130 131 MATERNAL TEMPERATURE DURING NORMAL AND ABNORMAL LABOR FRITS SCHOUTEN, HANS WOLF, BERT SMIT, DICK BEKEDAM, RIEN DE VOS, Academisch Medisch Centrum Amsterdam, Obstetrics, Amsterdam, Netherlands Academisch Medisch Centrum Amsterdam, Neonatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis Amsterdam, Obstetrics, Amsterdam, Netherlands Academisch Medisch Centrum Amsterdam, Epidemiology, Amsterdam, Netherlands OBJECTIVE: To define temperature values in normal and abnormal labor. STUDY DESIGN: Rectal temperature was measured every 2-3 hours in all women (n = 3075) with gestational age $36 weeks admitted to the labor ward from the start of active labor until 2 hours after delivery in 2 hospitals in Amsterdam (one university, one general) from June 2000 to January 2002. Normal labor (NL, n = 637) was defined as gestational age $37 weeks, spontaneous onset of labor, ruptured membranes 5 internal examinations, and PROM >18 hrs, average temperature was respectively 0.38C, 0.18C, and 0.18C higher than in remaining group during the last 3 hours before delivery. In IUI temperature was higher from 9 hours before delivery. CONCLUSION: Temperature during labor was not different between December 2003 Am J Obstet Gynecol S100 SMFM Abstracts