Maternal sepsis complicating arabin cervical pessary placement for the prevention of preterm birth: a case report

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Case Report

Begoña Martinez de Tejada¹ 

[1] Obstetrics Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 30 Boulevard de la Cluse, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland;

关键词: Maternal sepsis;    Cervical pessary;    Medical complications;    Prevention;    Preterm birth;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12884-016-1209-0

 received in 2015-12-23, accepted in 2016-12-28,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPreterm delivery is a major health problem and contributes to more than 50% of all neonatal and infant deaths. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the use of cervical pessaries as a safe and effective intervention with few maternal side-effects for the prevention of preterm birth in both single and twin pregnancies.Case presentationA 43-year-old gravida 5, para 1 (previous preterm birth at 24 weeks) patient with an in vitro fertilization twin pregnancy had an Arabin cervical pessary placed at 19 weeks of pregnancy due to the presence of cervical funneling identified by ultrasound screening. She developed chorioamnionitis and sepsis and delivered at 21 3/7 weeks after extraction of the pessary.ConclusionSevere maternal infection may complicate pessary treatment for the prevention of preterm birth. Careful follow-up is necessary in women with a cervical pessary during pregnancy, particularly when important funneling is present.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2017