Premature rupture of membranes

Summary of changes

Deletion: Checking foetal heart rate

Medicines

  • Aligned antibiotics with current guidelines except for PPROM
  • Antibiotics for chorioamnionitis same (amoxi/ampicillin + gentamicin + metronidazole) but removed follow up of amoxi/ampicillin and metronidazole

Primary references

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  2. Duff P (2020) Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: Management and outcome, UpToDate, accessed 11 January 2022.

  3. Expert Groups for Antibiotic, version 16 (2019) Intra-amniotic infection (chorioamnionitis), Therapeutic Guidelines, accessed 11 January 2022.

  4. Expert Groups for Antibiotic, version 16 (2019) Prophylaxis for preterm prelabour rupture of membranes, Therapeutic Guidelines, accessed 11 January 2022.

  5. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2019) Preterm labour and birth [NG25], NICE Clinical Guidelines, accessed 11 January 2022.

  6. South Australian Maternal, Neonatal and Gynaecology Community of Practice (2020) Prelabour Rupture of Membranes (PROM) ≥ 37 weeks, SA Perinatal Practice Guidelines, accessed 11 January 2022.

  7. Thevenet A (2021) Intraamniotic infection (clinical chorioamnionitis or triple I), UpToDate, accessed 11 January 2022.