Risk Factors
Maternal risk factors for a premature rupture of membranes include chorioamnionitis or sepsis. Association has been found between emotional states of fear and prelabor rupture of membranes at term. Fetal factors include prematurity, infection, cord prolapse, malpresentation or genetic mutations.
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