Table 5.
Maternal complications of early preterm prelabour rupture of membranes
| Maternal outcomes | Sepsis | Surgery for removal of placenta | ||
| No (%) (95% CI) | P value | No (%) (95% CI) | P value | |
| Whole cohort (n=364) | 50 (14) (11 to 18) | — | 71 (20) (16 to 24) | — |
| Singleton pregnancies: | ||||
| All (n=326) | 39 (12) (9 to 16) | — | 65 (20) (16 to 25) | — |
| Termination for medical reasons with no expectant management (n=62) | 6 (10) (5 to 20) | 0.54 | 8 (13) (7 to 23) | 0.12 |
| All with initial expectant management (n=264) | 33 (13) (9 to 17) | 57 (22) (17 to 27) | ||
| Termination for medical reasons after expectant management (n=41) | 13 (32) (20 to 47) | — | 6 (15) (7 to 28) | — |
| Expectant management throughout pregnancy (n=223) | 20 (9) (6 to 13) | — | 51 (23) (18 to 29) | — |
| Multiple pregnancies: | ||||
| All (n=38) | 11 (29) (17 to 45) | 0.004* | 6 (16) (7 to 30) | 0.54* |
| Termination for medical reasons after expectant management (n=10)† | 6 (60) (31 to 83) | — | 3 (30) (11 to 60) | — |
| Expectant management throughout pregnancy (n=26) | 5 (19) (8 to 36) | — | 3 (12) (4 to 27) | — |
Data are number (%) (95% confidence interval (CI)).
*Compared with all singleton pregnancies.
†Only two women with multiple pregnancies opted for termination of pregnancy for medical reasons without expectant management (details not shown because of small sample size).