Preterm premature rupture of the membranes: Diagnosis and management

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 765-782

  Mercer, Brian M ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MetroHealth Medical Center   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN;

AMNION FLUID; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CERCLAGE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LATENT PERIOD; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; TOCOLYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION;

EID: 7044222574     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2004.06.004     Document Type: Review

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