Question

A 35-year-old G1P0 woman at 39 weeks gestation presents to a rural birth centre with rupture of membranes for 18 hours and fever 38.5 °C. Fetal heart rate is 170 beats per minute. There is uterine tenderness. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Chorioamnionitis

Answer

Normal labour

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Placental abruption

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Uterine rupture

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Preeclampsia

Practice question

A 35-year-old G1P0 woman at 39 weeks gestation presents to a rural birth centre with rupture of membranes for 18 hours and fever 38.5 °C. Fetal heart rate is 170 beats per minute. There is uterine tenderness. What is the most likely diagnosis?