Ryan 1999.

Methods	RCT.
Participants	Setting: hospitals in Ontario, Canada. Inclusion criteria: women with PPROM < 37 weeks, singleton viable pregnancy, cephalic presentation, were admitted and observed for 48‐72 hrs. They were included if not in labour, no cervical dilation, no evidence of clinical chorioamnionitis, no evidence of meconium, if less than 34 weeks' gestation then mother must live within 15 min of emergency care facilities, patient able to self‐monitor. (Only 11% of women attending study hospitals with PPROM were eligible for inclusion.)
Interventions	61 women randomised. Intervention group: discharge home after monitoring period. Comparison group: inpatient care.
Outcomes	Latency period (PPROM to delivery), gestational age at delivery, induction of labour, CS, chorioamnionitis, time in hospital and costs.
Notes	Study was reported in brief abstracts; there was little information on methods or on management.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not described.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Study reported in a series of brief abstracts.

CS: caesarean section
 hrs: hours
 min: minutes
 NICU: neonatal intensive care unit
 NST: non‐stress test
 PPROM: preterm prelabour rupture of membranes
 RCT: randomised controlled trial