Follow-up data offer reassurance about the long-term benefit ... premature membrane rupture. Preterm birth generally is preceded by preterm rupture of the amniotic membranes (PROM) or spontaneous ...

A prolonged latent phase can be anticipated ... Yancey MK. Prelabor Rupture of Membranes at Term: Induce or Wait? MedGenMed 1(1), 1999. [formerly published in Medscape Women's Health eJournal ...

14–18 Premature babies delivered after rupture of the fetal membranes for twenty-four hours or longer were assigned to one of four treatment groups. Group 1 received no antibiotic, Group 2 ...