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Descriptor English: Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
Descriptor Spanish: Rotura Prematura de Membranas Fetales
Descriptor rotura prematura de las membranas fetales
Entry term(s) rotura prematura de membranas (embarazo)
Scope note: Rotura espontánea del saco amniótico antes del comienzo de las contracciones uterinas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ruptura Prematura de Membranas Fetais
Descriptor French: Rupture prématurée des membranes foetales
Entry term(s): Membrane Premature Rupture (Pregnancy)
Membrane Premature Ruptures (Pregnancy)
PROM (Pregnancy)
PROM, Preterm (Pregnancy)
Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes
Premature Rupture of Membrane (Pregnancy)
Preterm PROM (Pregnancy)
Preterm Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes
Tree number(s): C12.050.703.420.339
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005322
Scope note: Spontaneous tearing of the membranes surrounding the FETUS any time before the onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR. Preterm PROM is membrane rupture before 37 weeks of GESTATION.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Fetal Membranes (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
DeCS ID: 21031
Unique ID: D005322
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Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture - Preferred
Concept UI M0008405
Scope note Spontaneous tearing of the membranes surrounding the FETUS any time before the onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR. Preterm PROM is membrane rupture before 37 weeks of GESTATION.
Preferred term Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
Entry term(s) Membrane Premature Rupture (Pregnancy)
Membrane Premature Ruptures (Pregnancy)
PROM (Pregnancy)
Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes
Premature Rupture of Membrane (Pregnancy)
Preterm Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes - Narrower
Concept UI M0481507
Preferred term Preterm Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes
Entry term(s) PROM, Preterm (Pregnancy)
Preterm PROM (Pregnancy)



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