The management of preterm premature rupture of the membranes near the limit of fetal viability

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-240

  Waters, Thaddeus P ^a   Mercer, Brian M ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

periviable; preterm premature rupture of membranes; previable

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRIN; GELATIN SPONGE; INDOMETACIN; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AMNIOINFUSION; AMNIONITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRITIS; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETAINED PLACENTA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETAL VIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LUNG; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69349092156     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.049     Document Type: Review

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