Premature Rupture of An Update for Advanced Practice Nurses

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 86-92

  Weitz, Beth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal Membranes; Infant, premature diseases; Pregnancy Complications; Premature rupture; Prenatal Care

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0347785091     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200103000-00007     Document Type: Article

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