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Inducing Labor by Rupturing Membranes

Postgraduate Medicine, 1968
Rupturing the membranes usually induces labor and carries little risk. Of 1,235 patients subjected to amniotomy, 89 percent were in labor in four hours, and only 3 percent required oxytocin to start contractions. Although complications are few, physicians should not rupture the membranes simply for their own or the patient's convenience.
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Spontaneous Premature Rupture of the Membranes

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1966
Summary:  Sixty patients with premature rupture of the membranes occurring between 26 and 37 weeks of gestation who were not in labour 48 hours later were studied prospectively.  There were 12 perinatal deaths (20%).  The average prolongation of pregnancy with a regime of strict bed rest was 14 days.
L, Townsend, D R, Aickin, J M, Fraillon
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Management of premature rupture of membranes

Clinics in Perinatology, 2001
The management of patients with PROM, regardless of gestational age, remains controversial. Generally, when patients are in labor, have infection, or there is irreversible fetal distress, there are few options other than delivery. For those not in labor, especially in premature gestational ages, the complexities of the many combinations of decisions to
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Immunoglobulins in prolonged ruptured membranes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1985
Concentrations of immunoglobulins G, M, and A were studied in maternal and cord serum of patients with prolonged premature rupture of membranes, as well as in properly matched control patients. None of the patients studied showed any evidence of clinical chorioamnionitis or other prenatal infections.
M A, Ismail, S L, Yang, A N, Abusharif, A H, Moawad   +3 more
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Rupture of the round Window Membrane

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 1976
A case of sudden deafness due to rupture of the round window membrane is presented. Nineteen similar cases have previously been reported in the literature. In a review of these twenty patients, it is noted that a history of concurrent physical effort or barotrauma was present in eighteen.
P H, Taylor, P G, Bicknell
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Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1993
Although the etiology of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) is probably multifactorial, recent literature has indicated that infectious processes may play an important role. The management of PPROM is still controversial, requiring individualization of care for each patient. Expectant management is increasingly advocated.
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The Microbiology of Premature Rupture of the Membranes

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1986
The foregoing discussions bring to mind several salient facts: Although numerous barriers to infection exist, this aspect is understood incompletely. Conclusions on the pathogenicity or nonpathogenicity of certain organisms are often made from studies with very small numbers of patients, or in very specific patient populations.
J M, Miller, J G, Pastorek
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Midtrimester premature rupture of the membranes

Seminars in Perinatology, 1996
Midtrimester premature rupture of the membranes is an uncommon adverse complication of pregnancy with an occurrence of approximately 0.65%. Significant perinatal and maternal morbidity includes pulmonary hypoplasia, restriction deformities, and sequelae of prematurity as well as maternal chorioamnionitis and endometritis. Moreover, 31% of survivors are
J L, Schucker, B M, Mercer
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Rupture of the Round Window Membrane

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 1978
Considerable interest has been displayed in sudden sensori-neural deafness in recent years, and especially since Blair Simmons postulated that this could be caused by mechanical disruption of the membranes in the inner ear. The literature concerning such reports is reviewed briefly and two cases of rupture of the round window membrane resulting from ...
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INTRODUCTION TO PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 1992
PROM is associated with controversies in diagnosis, management, and prognosis. The lack of a gold standard to confirm PROM makes it difficult to determine which diagnostic tool is the best and most reliable. It appears that the older methods of confirming PROM, which depend on properties inherent to amniotic fluid, are the best tools available today ...
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