Open AccessChorioamnionitis: Establishing a correlation between clinical and histological diagnosis
Author(s) -
Khaldoon Aljerian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_464_19
Subject(s) - chorioamnionitis , medicine , correlation , pathology , biology , pregnancy , fetus , mathematics , genetics , geometry
Chorioamnionitis that is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality needs an early diagnosis for effective treatment. However, views are conflicting on the effectiveness of a clinical versus a histological diagnosis of the disease. The accuracy of clinical diagnoses should be evaluated by determining their correlation with histopathological data.