Short-term verus long-term prophylactic tocolysis in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
; 59(2): 143-7, 1995 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
A randomised prospective clinical trial was conducted over a 7-year period (1987-1993) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Patras. The purpose of this study was to compare two management protocols of Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM). Two-hundred forty-one women entered the study and were assigned randomly to one of two groups. Group A consisted of 105 subjects who were managed expectantly (tocolysis used for 48 h only, if necessary, to permit full course of steroid therapy), while Group B consisted of 136 subjects, in whom aggressive tocolysis was utilised. The differences in the latency period (time from rupture of membranes to the onset of labour) were not statistically significant between the two groups. On the contrary, statistically significant differences in the incidence of chorioamnionitis and postpartum endomyometritis were found between the two groups (higher in Group B). Twelve subjects in Group A (12/105, 11.4%) and 40 in Group B (40/136, 29.4%) had chorioamnionitis. The relative risk (RR) was 2.47 (95% C.I. 1.42-4.66, P < 0.001). Endomyometritis was diagnosed in 20 subjects in Group A (20/105, 19%) and in 45 in Group B (45/136, 33.3%). The RR was 1.74 (95% C.I. 1.10-2.75, P < 0.05). These data suggest that long term prophylactic tocolytic therapy in patients with PPROM, while without demonstrated benefit, may result in an increased risk of maternal infectious morbidity, and raise the cost of treatment.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ruptura Prematura de Membranas Fetais
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Tocólise
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Trabalho de Parto Prematuro
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Grécia