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Premature rupture of membranes

Australia

• Women & Newborn Health Service - Western Australia
  • Prelabour Rupture of the Membranes at Term [2011]

Canada

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Antibiotic therapy in preterm premature rupture of the membranes. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2009]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Antibiotic therapy in preterm premature rupture of the membranes [2009]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Tocolytics for preterm premature rupture of membranes
  • Planned home versus hospital care for preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes (PPROM) prior to 37 weeks' gestation
  • Planned early birth versus expectant management (waiting) for prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37 weeks or more)
  • Antibiotics for preterm rupture of membranes
  • Antibiotics for prelabour rupture of membranes at or near term
  • Amnioinfusion for preterm rupture of membranes

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
  • Management of Preterm Rupture of Membranes (PROM) [2007]

United Kingdom

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [2010]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Ruptured membranes at term - query bank [2012]
  • Antibiotics for PPROM - query bank [2012]
  • Ruptured membranes with previous caesarean - query bank [2011]
  • Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes [2010]

United States of America

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Premature rupture of membranes. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2007]

WHO

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Antibiotics for prelabour rupture of membranes at or near term [2009]
  • Planned early birth versus expectant management (waiting) for prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37 weeks or more) [2007]

Articles in journals

• American Family Physician
  • Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes: Diagnosis and Management [2006]

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Transabdominal amnioinfusion for preterm premature rupture of membranes: a systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized and observational studies [2012]

• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • Biomechanics of the fetal membrane prior to mechanical failure: review and implications [2009]

• Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes and fetal survival after minimally invasive fetal surgery: a systematic review of the literature [2012]

• International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Antibiotics for pre-term pre-labour rupture of membranes: prevention of neonatal deaths due to complications of pre-term birth and infection [2010]

• Neonatology
  • Pulmonary effects of prolonged oligohydramnios following mid-trimester rupture of the membranes--antenatal and postnatal management [2012]

• Swiss Medical Weekly
  • Bioengineering of foetal membrane repair [2008]

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