Limiting the Exposure of Select Fetuses to Intrauterine Infection/Inflammation Improves Short-Term Neonatal Outcomes in Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
Archabald KL, Buhimschi IA, Bahtiyar MO, Dulay AT, Abdel-Razeq SS, Pettker CM, Lipkind HS, Hardy JT, McCarthy ME, Zhao G, Bhandari V, Buhimschi CS. Limiting the Exposure of Select Fetuses to Intrauterine Infection/Inflammation Improves Short-Term Neonatal Outcomes in Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes. Fetal Diagnosis And Therapy 2016, 42: 99-110. PMID: 27794570, PMCID: PMC11588317, DOI: 10.1159/000450997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-onset neonatal sepsisNeonatal outcomesPremature ruptureEarly deliveryIntrauterine infection/inflammationSetting of PPROMAdverse neonatal outcomesAmniotic fluid infectionPreterm premature ruptureShort-term outcomesInfection/inflammationIntra-amniotic infectionTerm neonatal outcomesSelect fetusesAntenatal exposureExpectant managementSingleton newbornsHospital dischargeNeonatal sepsisHaptoglobin-related proteinNewborn's riskFluid infectionGestational ageAdverse outcomesSelect subgroup