Pregnancy outcome of preterm premature rupture of membranes

The aim of this study is to evaluate the maternal and foetal outcomes of patients whose pregnancies were complicated by Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM) over a period of three years. In this retrospective study, 135 pregnant patients with PPROM were selected (PPROM). Among them 126 pregnancies were singletons and 9 were twin pregnancies. Patients’ age ranges from 20 to 44 years and mean age was noted to be 31 years. The gestational age of the patients at the time of PPROM ranges from 21 to 36+6 weeks (before 37 completed weeks). The mean gestational age at the onset of membrane rupture and at the time of delivery was 31+4 and 33+2 weeks, respectively. Neonatal outcome was determined by the following four parameters: perinatal mortality, weight of the newborn, Apgar score, and last but not least, admission to Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Similarly, maternal outcome included: maternal morbidity including puerperal pyrexia and clinical chorioamnionitis, mode of delivery, and maternal mortality. Of the 135 patients, 96 (71.1%) of them had frequent hospital visits. In this study, a large number of patients delivered after one week of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), and, most importantly, no maternal mortality was witnessed. Overall, perinatal mortality was shown to be 9%.