Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao
June 2016
Objective: To investigate the effect of premature rupture of the membrane (PROM) on neonatal complications in premature infants.
Methods: The registration information of 7684 preterm infants with gestational age <37 weeks were collected from the cooperative units in the task group between January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. Specially trained personnel from each cooperative units filled in the unified form in a standardized format to record the gender, gestational age, birth weight, PROM, placental abruption, antenatal corticosteroid, Apgar score, amniotic fluid pollution, and complications of the infants.