Pregnancy Outcome Following Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes at Less Than 26 Weeks' Gestation

Abstract

EDITORIAL COMMENT: This careful analysis of 71 cases of premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) in singleton pregnancies without cervical suture reports important findings that will assist those who manage these difficult and important pregnancies. They are often especially important because the patient has had a bad past history of pregnancy wastage and is anxious to receive conservative therapy regardless of the risks (to her and her fetus) and cost (to the community). In Melbourne it has until recently been the rule to advise hospitalization until delivery in women with PROM ‐ now that bed costs are high as in the USA, we have begun to do what has been done for years in the USA ‐ manage..