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
Item	Authors’ judgement	Description
Adequate sequence generation?	Unclear	Not described.
Allocation concealment?	Unclear	Not described.
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes	Unclear	Not described.
Free of selective reporting?	Unclear	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