[Analysis of pregnancy and labor course in patients after preterm premature rupture of membranes].

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: The aim of this study was to compare the pregnancy and labor course in patients hospitalized due to PROM in relation to patients with membrane rupture at term of labor.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

The study group consisted of 70 gravidas hospitalized in the Department of Pathological Pregnancy. The control group consisted of 70 patients. Special attention was paid to: time of PROM, pregnancy outcome and mode of delivery, obstetrical history, the symptoms of intrauterine infection.

CONCLUSIONS

1. The ascending infection after PROM was the most common indication for pregnancy termination. 2. There is a significant difference in pathological obstetrical history between patients hospitalized due to PROM and control group. 3. There is no significant difference in mode of delivery between study and control group.