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Re: Premature Amniorrexis From: dahmd@gate.net Sat Mar 23 19:07:03 1996 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: Premature Amniorrexis" Previous message: Hellriegel, Jr. John: "Breast Cancer and Estrogen" Maybe in reply to: Guttenberg Primo: "Premature Amniorrexis" Next in thread: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: Premature Amniorrexis" Reply: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: Premature Amniorrexis" In article Sass21@aol.com writes: >I would interpret this as meaning PPROM (premature preterm rupture of >membranes) at 29 weeks. BTW >Premature = before labor >Preterm = before 36 weeks > (just to clear up any confusion, my residents are sometimes unclear on this) snip >1. Lewis, DF et al, Latency Period after Preterm Premature Rupture of the >Membranes: a Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study Comparing Ampicillin >and Ampicillin-Sulbactam. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1995;86:392-395. >A small study, but demonstrated that Unasyn may be superior to ampicillin >alone, and it clearly led to increased latency times in this group. >Do other members of this group believe in using antibiotics for PPROM? If >so, which drugs? >************************ >Casey Younkin, MD, FACOG I have also changed from ampicillin to Unasyn after reading this study. Using antibiotics in cases of PPROM just makes sense to me. By the way, it's a fairly small point, but I teach my residents that PPROM is the rupture of membranes before *37*, and not 36, weeks gestational age. Thanks, Ashley Hill D. Ashley Hill, M.D. Orlando, FL dahmd@gate.net Next message: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: Premature Amniorrexis" Previous message: Hellriegel, Jr. John: "Breast Cancer and Estrogen" Maybe in reply to: Guttenberg Primo: "Premature Amniorrexis" Next in thread: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: Premature Amniorrexis" Reply: Malcolm Griffiths: "Re: Premature Amniorrexis"

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