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  • Neonatal care
  • Obstetrics
  • Infectious disease

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  • Maternal chorioamnionitis is linked to neonatal early-onset sepsis.
  • Current guidelines advocate broad-spectrum antibiotics for exposed newborns.
  • Emerging evidence supports close observation as an alternative.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Review evidence for revised diagnosis and management of chorioamnionitis.
  • Discuss implications of new practice guidelines for maternal-newborn care.
  • Evaluate changes in managing newborns exposed to suspected intrauterine infection.

Main Methods:

  • Expert panel convened in 2015 to establish evidence-based guidelines.
  • Reviewed and proposed revised terminology and diagnostic criteria.
  • Assessed changes in newborn management strategies.

Main Results:

  • Updated guidelines recommend observing well-appearing term and late-preterm newborns.
  • Shift from empiric antibiotic treatment to close monitoring for exposed infants.
  • Revised diagnostic criteria for intrauterine infection proposed.

Conclusions:

  • Close observation is a preferred management strategy over empiric antibiotics for well-appearing infants.
  • Further prospective studies are required to validate the impact of new guidelines.
  • Enhanced diagnostic precision for intrauterine infection is crucial for future research.