Meconium in the Amniotic Fluid of Pregnancies Complicated by Preterm Premature Rupture
of Membranes Is Associated With Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis

Michael J. Kupferminc; Elizabeth  Wickstrom; Nam H. Cho; Patricia M. Garcia

doi:10.1155/S1064744995000251

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1995)

Meconium in the Amniotic Fluid of Pregnancies Complicated by Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes Is Associated With Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis

Michael J. Kupferminc,
Elizabeth Wickstrom,
Nam H. Cho,
Patricia M. Garcia

Affiliations

Michael J. Kupferminc: Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Elizabeth Wickstrom: Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Nam H. Cho: Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Patricia M. Garcia: Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744995000251
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 22 – 27

Abstract

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Objective: This study was to determine the significance of meconium in the amniotic fluid of pregnancies complicated by preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) without labor.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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