Expectant management of preterm premature rupture of membranes: Is it all about gestational age?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48.e1-48.e8

  Melamed, Nir ^a   Ben Haroush, Avi ^a   Pardo, Joseph ^a   Chen, Rony ^a   Hadar, Eran ^a   Hod, Moshe ^a   Yogev, Yariv ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

latency; neonatal; outcome; preterm premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; JAUNDICE; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NULLIPARA; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 78650687316     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.08.021     Document Type: Article

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