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Hindi Journal of Womens Health, Issues and CareISSN: 2325-9795
Alfredo Ovalle Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Preterm Birth, Preterm Labor, Antibiotics, Infectology, Obstetric Delivery
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology, Hospital Cl
Biography
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile. Specialist in maternal fetal medicine and the published scientific manuscripts include the manuscripts published in national and international journals on "Infections in Obstetrics and Gynecology, especially related to premature birth".
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Is the Use of Antibiotics Useful in Patients with Preterm Birth Symptoms and Intact Membranes?
Author(s): Alfredo Ovalle*, Ilia Ravello and Valentina Chacón
Preterm birth is the main contributor to perinatal morbidity/mortality and high costs associated to stays in neonatal intensive care units. Its frequency has increased especially by ascending bacterial infection. Antibiotic treatment in preterm birth symptoms with intact membranes has not shown benefits and associated to its use is the neurological disabilities found in children whose mothers received antibiotics. However another study showed benefits of the treatment with antibiotics in patients with endocervical inflammation, but without microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity. Further studies are needed to clarify the benefit of antibiotics in preterm birth with intact membranes with these conditions.
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