Management of preterm prelabour rupture of membranes: An audit. How do the results compare with clinical practice guidelines?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-206

  Giles, Michelle ^a   Garland, Suzanne ^b   Oats, Jeremy J N ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Infection; Premature rupture membranes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NIFEDIPINE; PENICILLIN G; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TOCOLYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 20544443163     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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