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RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.
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Preterm premature rupture of membranes, intrauterine infection, and oligohydramnios: risk factors for placental abruption.

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether preterm premature rupture of membranes (PROM), intrauterine infection, and oligohydramnios are risk factors for placental abruption.

METHODS: Data for this retrospective cohort study were derived from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (N = 11,777). Association between abruption and these clinical risk factors was expressed as relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI), with multivariate adjustment for potential confounders.

RESULTS: The overall incidence of abruption was 0.87%. The risk of abruption was 3.58-fold higher (95% CI 1.74-7.39) among women with preterm PROM (2.29%) compared with women with intact membranes (0.86%). The rates of abruption among women with and without intrauterine infection were 4.81% and 0.83%, respectively (RR 9.71, 95% CI 3.23-29.17). However, oligohydramnios was not associated with abruption (1.46% compared with 0.87%; RR 2.09, 95% CI 0.92-5.31). Compared with women with intact membranes, the RR for abruption among preterm PROM and whose membranes were ruptured for 24-47 hours and 48 hours or more before delivery, respectively, were 2.37 (95% CI 0.99-9.09), and 9.87 (95% CI 3.57-27.82). When preterm PROM was accompanied by intrauterine infections, the RR for abruption was 9.03 (95% CI 2.80-29.15) compared with women with intact membranes and no infections. Similarly, preterm PROM accompanied by oligohydramnios conferred over a 7.17-fold risk (95% CI 1.35-38.10) for abruption compared with women with neither of these 2 conditions.

CONCLUSION: Women presenting with preterm PROM are at increased risk of developing abruption, with the risk being higher either in the presence of intrauterine infections or oligohydramnios. Physicians managing patients with preterm PROM should be aware that these patients are at increased risk of developing abruption after 24 hours following preterm PROM.

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