Re: 34 week prom

From: rmodugno@aol.com
Fri Apr 8 08:07:25 2005


-----Original Message----- From: R. Daniel Braun <rd.braun@gmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> Sent: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 06:48:59 -0500 Subject: Re: 34 week prom

I would manage by doing

1. NO digital vaginal exams, 2. Ampicillin 3. Steroids 4. Observation IN HOSPITAL until: A. Reaches 37 weeks or B. Shows signs of infection.

My observation in addition to Temperature recording would include a daily 10 min FHR strip for BASELINE FHR. The baseline FHR will increase prior to most other signs of infection. Would also daily palpate for tenderness. Labor in a patient with ROM may well be a sign of infection and hence an indication for delivery.

Dan

On Apr 7, 2005 7:58 PM, Robert J. Carpenter, Jr. MD <zygote@icsi.net> wrote: > Not if I have my say and nature is cooperative with no labor, no infection,
etc. >
> On 7 Apr 2005 at 12:20, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:
>
> > What did the MFMs want you to do? In one of my intuitions they want
> > them delivered at 34 weeks
> >
> > Richard Chudacoff, MD

Not sure steroids that helpful from 34 weeks. In our level 3 hospital would probably deliver as outcomes at 34 weeks are excellent. Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG Marietta, GA





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