Literature:
ACOG Comm Opin 714 Intrapartum Management of Intraamniotic Infection (2017)
ACOG Update on Criteria for Intraamniotic Infection (2024)
AJOG: Clinical Chorioamnionitis at term 2024
Other useful links:
Chorioamnionitis and Endometritis - Creogs Over Coffee 2019
Meriter: Maternal Sepsis Algorithm & Guide
Meriter Guide for empiric tx of common infx in OB pts
Strictly defined, the diagnosis requires maternal fever (≥100.4° F) plus two other findings:
Maternal leukocytosis
Maternal and fetal tachycardia
Uterine tenderness
Foul-smelling or purulent amniotic fluid