Latency duration of preterm premature rupture of membranes and neonatal outcome: a retrospective single-center experience.

ABSTRACT: In preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), a decision between early delivery with prematurity complications and pregnancy prolongation bearing the risk of chorioamnionitis has to be made. To define disadvantages of delayed prolongation, latency duration of PPROM in expectantly managed pregnancies was investigated. We included those PPROMs > 48 h leading to preterm birth prior 37 weeks' gestation and retrospectively analyzed 84 preterm infants fulfilling these criteria. The association between latency duration/appearance of PPROM and respiratory outcome (primary outcomes) and neurological outcome (secondary outcomes) was investigated. The study showed that latency duration of PPROM is not associated with clinical or histological chorioamnionitis (p = 0.275; p = 0.332). As the numero

SUBMITTER: Muller H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8821059 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature