Ona Faye-Petersen

TL;DR: The group agreed on sets of uniform sampling criteria, placental gross descriptors, pathologic terminologies, and diagnostic criteria for placental lesions, which will assist in international comparability of clinicopathologic and scientific studies and assist in refining the significance of lesions associated with adverse pregnancy and later health outcomes.

TL;DR: A complete set of the placental reaction patterns seen with amniotic fluid infection was assembled and validated in the hope that this might provide a standardized diagnostic framework useful for practicing pathologists.

TL;DR: Positive cultures are associated with neonatal systemic inflammatory response syndrome and probably bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and cord blood infections are far more common in spontaneous vs indicated preterm deliveries and are strongly associated with markers of acute placental inflammation.

TL;DR: Polymorphonuclear infiltrations of the free membranes, chorionic plate, and umbilical cord were associated with positive intrauterine cultures and elevated cord blood interleukin-6 and there was an association with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and necrotizing enterocolitis, but not with intraventricular hemorrhage or death, and with decreased respiratory distress syndrome.

TL;DR: Women with early spontaneous preterm birth were more likely to have severe periodontal disease than women with indicated pre term birth or term birth, and periodontAL disease was not associated with selected markers of upper genital tract inflammation.