Nine vaginal examinations were performed between rupture of membranes and complete dilation. Only 1 of these examinations was performed during the first 12 hours of rupture. No antibiotics were ...

Researchers reported findings that suggest that for pregnant women who develop previable PROM, the risk of being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, needing a blood transfusion, and/or developing ...

Previable premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is when the amniotic sac, the protective membrane that surrounds the fetus, ruptures before 22 weeks of gestation. When it occurs so early in pregnancy, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Previable premature rupture of membranes (PROM) before 22 weeks of gestation significantly increases maternal health risks. A study comparing outcomes before and ...

AURORA, Colo. -- Adverse maternal outcomes, particularly sepsis, increased in pregnancies with previable premature rupture of ...

A similar membrane can easily be shown ... point only and its contents can be seen streaming through the point of rupture. The membranes can also be demonstrated by careful heating of a pellet ...

In addition, there is a correlation between IAI and premature rupture of membranes, preterm premature rupture of membranes, preterm labor, and preterm birth. Research in the last decade has also ...