Approximately eight per cent of term pregnancies are complicated by rupture of membranes (rom) before the onset of labour, with 60 per cent of these women labouring spontaneously within 24. With pprom because of concerns with necrotising enterocolitis. Prophylactic antibiotics should be discontinued once delivered. 8 hours are risk factors for early onset gbs infection of newborn. When this occurs before ~37 weeks in gestation, it is then termed spontaneous premature rupture of membranes (sprom) which is the usual cause of preterm premature.
The risk of serious neonatal infection, with prom alone, is 1% rather than 0. 5% for women/people with no risk factors and intact membranes. 60% of women/people with prom will go into labour. The pathophysiology of spontaneous rom is poorly understood but recognised risk factors include infection, multiple pregnancy, antepartum haemorrhage and cervical incompetence. 2 rom. Spontaneous rupture of membranes (rom) is a normal component of labor and delivery. Premature rom (prom) refers to rupture of the fetal membranes prior to the onset of labor irrespective of. Spontaneous labour follows spontaneous rupture.
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