PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES AND SPONTANEOUS PRETERM LABOR - MATERNAL ENDOMETRITIS RISKS
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 59 (1), 13-20
Abstract
Preterm and term [human] deliveries were analyzed to determine maternal infection risks associated with premature rupture of the membranes (PROM). Gravidas who delivered preterm infants demonstrated an increased incidence of endometritis with or without PROM. The risk of endometritis attributable solely to PROM was insignificant compared to the risk attributable to preterm delivery. These findings implicate infection in the mechanism of preterm labor, with or without PROM.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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