Controversies: Prelabor rupture of the membranes at term: The case for expectant management

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 563-572

  Keirse, Marc J N C ^a,c   Pauline Ottervanger, H ^b   Smit, Wilma ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Infection; Labor induction; Maternal; Neonatal; Oxytocin; Prelabor rupture of membranes; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

AMNION; CESAREAN SECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEWBORN INFECTION; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CESAREAN SECTION; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 12644249114     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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