Alice J Darling, Hailey M Harris, Gregory E Zemtsov, Maria Small, Matthew R Grace, Sarahn Wheeler, Sarah K Dotters-Katz
OBJECTIVE: We sought to characterize the incidence and risk factors associated with developing maternal morbidity following preterm prelabor rupture of membranes. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case-control study of patients with preterm prelabor rupture of membranes at a single institution from 2013 to 2019 admitted at ≥23 weeks gestational age. The primary outcome was a composite of maternal morbidity which included: death, sepsis, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, acute kidney injury, postpartum dilation and curettage, postpartum hysterectomy, venous thromboembolism, postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum wound complication, postpartum endometritis, pelvic abscess, postpartum pneumonia, readmission, and/or need for blood transfusion were compared with patients without above morbidities...
June 2022: American Journal of Perinatology