Nonintervention in Premature Rupture of the Amniotic Membranes

Preterm premature rupture of the membranes: neonatal outcome in 215 cases of an active conservative management

“…A recent report [3] shows the positive effect of a prolonged latency even if previous studies tend to find no relationship [1, 9,11,19,23,34]. Our results however, also show a trend of decreasing incidence of HMD with prolonged latency, but it is not statistically significant (P = 0.079 for PROM before 35 weeks).…”

“…When compared with the literature, our rate of chorioamnionitis seems rather high: 18% before 37 weeks versus 12% [11], 5.2% [38], 5.3% [6] and 27% before 35 weeks versus 16% [15], 27% [27], 18% [17], 25% [16]. However, when comparing the neonatal outcome, which is the most important criteria, our PROM management is substantially more encouraging than the traditional management (table V).…”