Premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) at term in nulliparous women with a ripe cervix: A randomized trial of 12 or 24 hours of expectant management

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-53

  Hjertberg, Ragnhild ^a   Hammarström, Margareta ^a   Moberger, Birgitta ^a   Nordlander, Elisabeth ^a   Granström, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Pregnancy; Premature rupture of the membranes (PROM)

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN INFECTION; NULLIPARA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 0030033580     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609033283     Document Type: Article

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