The effect of preterm premature rupture of membranes on neonatal mortality rates

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1381-1386

  Blumenfeld, Yair J ^a   Lee, Henry C ^b   Gould, Jeffrey B ^b   Langen, Elizabeth S ^b   Jafari, Anahita ^b   El Sayed, Yasser Y ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEPSIS;

FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS;

EID: 78650082733     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181fe3d28     Document Type: Article

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