ETIOLOGY OF PRETERM PREMATURE RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANES
ETIOLOGY OF PRETERM PREMATURE RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANES
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DOI:
10.1097/00003081-198612000-00005
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发表时间:
1986-12-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
PUPKIN, MJ
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作者:
ALGER, LS;PUPKIN, MJ
University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland|: most pregnancies, labor begins at term lin the presence of intact fetal mem-branes. Without intervention the mem-branes usually remain intact until approximately 8–9 cm of cervical dilatation. The pressure necessary to cause membrane rupture experimentally not only is greater than the baseline resting tone of the intrauterine cavity but also generally exceeds that generated by normal labor. That the clinical entity of premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) can occur in the ab-sence of labor with an undilated cervix, remote from term, even at bed rest is an enigma that remains only imperfectly explained. Although preterm PROM plays a prominent role in the etiology of preterm labor and can recur in subsequent preg-nancies, in most clinical situations its cause is not apparent.