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For Professionals: Management of Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes: Slide Presentation References
ACOG Practice Bulletin. Number 9, October 1999. Antepartum fetal surveillance. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2000;68:175-85.

ACOG Practice Bulletin. Number 80, April 2007. Premature rupture of membranes. Obstet Gynecol 2007;109:1007-19.

American Academy of Pediatrics/American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Guidelines for Perinatal Care, 5th ed. Washington DC: AAP/ACOG, 2002.

Cousins LM, Smok DP, Lovett SM, Poeltler DM. AmniSure placental alpha microglobulin-1 rapid immunoassay versus standard diagnostic methods for detection of rupture of membranes. Am J Perinatol 2005;22:317-20.

Fanaroff AA. Identification of problems in the high risk neonate. Chapter 60. In: Creasy RK, Resnik R, Iams JD, eds. Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004.

Garite TJ. Premature rupture of the membranes. Chapter 38. In: Creasy RK, Resnik R, Iams JD, eds. Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2004.

Iams JD. Preterm birth, Chapter 23. In: Gabby SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, eds. Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies, 4th ed. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone, 2002.

Iams JD, Creasy RK. Preterm labor and delivery, Chapter 34. In: Creasy RK, Resnik R, Iams JD, eds. Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004.

Morse SB, Haywood JL, Goldenberg RL, Bronstein J, Nelson KG, Carlo WA. Estimation of neonatal outcome and perinatal therapy use. Pediatrics 2000;105:1046-50.

Preterm birth, Chapter 36. In: Cunningham FG, Gant NF, Leveno KJ, Gilstrap AC, Hauth JC, Wenstrom KD, eds. Williams Obstetrics, 22nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2005.

Rotschild A, Ling EW, Puterman ML, Farquharson D. Neonatal outcome after prolonged preterm rupture of the membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1990;162:46-52.

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