Table 2.

Summary of candidate predictors (Adapted from Barton and Sibai [35], Edwards 2015 [25], Albright et al. [36])

Maternal clinical findings
• Fever • Temperature instability (core body temperature higher than 38.0 °C or lower than 36.0 °C) • Tachycardia (heart rate greater than 110 beats/min) • Tachypnoea (respiratory rate greater than 24 beats/min) • O2 saturation, PaO2/FiO2 • Diaphoresis • Nausea or vomiting • Hypotension or shock • Oliguria or anuria • Pain (location based on site of infection) • Altered mental state (confusion, decreased alertness, Glasgow Coma Scale score) • Decrease capillarity refill, clammy or mottled skin • Fetal distress (fetal tachycardia, acidosis)
Maternal Laboratory Findings
• Leucocytosis or leukopenia, immature neutrophils • Positive culture from infection site or blood • Hypoxemia • Thrombocytopenia, INR, PTT • Metabolic acidosis • Hypoperfusion, increased serum lactate • Low arterial pH • Increased base deficit • Elevated serum creatinine • Elevated liver enzymes, bilirubin • Serum urea • Serum sodium • Serum potassium • Hyperglycaemia in the absence of diabetes • Disseminated intravascular coagulation