The NICHD-MFMU antibiotic treatment of preterm PROM study: Impact of initial amniotic fluid volume on pregnancy outcome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 438-445

  Mercer, Brian M ^a   Rabello, Yolanda A ^a   Thurnau, Gary R ^a   Miodovnik, Menachem ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^a   Das, Anita F ^a   Meis, Paul J ^a   Moawad, Atef H ^a   Iams, Jay D ^a   Van Dorsten, J Peter ^a   Dombrowski, Mitchell P ^a   Roberts, James M ^a   McNellis, Donald ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid index; Amniotic fluid volume; Fetal membranes premature rupture; Premature rupture of membranes; PROM

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMNION FLUID; AMNIONITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 31844452547     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.07.097     Document Type: Article

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