From: Clinical course of preterm prelabor rupture of membranes in the era of prophylactic antibiotics
Study group (n = 119) | Control group (n = 51) | P value | |
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Latency periods (hours) median (interquartile) | 89.8 (26, 175.3) | 24.3 (8.4, 60.3) | < 0.001 |
> 2 days | 77 (64.7%) | 16 (31.4%) | < 0.001 |
> 7 days | 35 (29.4%) | 4 (7.8%) | 0.002 |
GA at delivery (weeks) | 32.5 ± 1.9 | 31.9 ± 2.2 | 0.80 |
Mode of delivery | 0.30 | ||
- Vaginal delivery | 82 (68.9%) | 31 (60.8%) | |
- Forceps & vacuum extraction | 3 (2.5%) | 1 (2%) | |
- Cesarean section | 31 (26.1%) | 15 (29.4%) | |
- Breech assisting | 3 (2.5%) | 4 (7.8%) | |
Maternal infectious morbidity | 21 (17.6%) | 7 (13.7%) | 0.52 |
- Chorioamnionitis | 19 | 6 | |
- Metritis | 1 | 1 | |
- Wound infection | 1 | 0 | |
Median day of hospitalization (interquartile) | 8 (5, 12) | 4 (2, 6) | < 0.001 |