Maternal morbidity and perinatal outcome in preterm premature rupture of membranes before 37 weeks gestation.

Objective: To assess the maternal morbidity and perinatal outcome in pre-term pre mature rupture of membranes between 24 to 37 weeks gestation.

Methods: This observational study was carried out in Gynaecology & Obstetrics Unit - I, at University Hospital Hyderabad, from October 2010 to October 2011. It included one hundred patients admitted through the outpatient department, as well as from casualty department of University Hospital Hyderabad.