P.P.R.O.M.

 

- PPROM occurs somewhere in the range of 3-5% of pregnancies in the US and accounts for around 25-40% of all preterm deliveries.

 

- More than 140,000 pregnancies annually are complicated by pPROM and is the primary contributor to perinatal morbidity and mortality.

 

- even with immediate assistance at a hospital, those women who are in their 2nd trimester have between a 50-60% chance that they will go on to deliver their baby (usually before the gestational age of viability) within 1 week of rupture.

 

- 95 percent of patients deliver within one day of PROM.

 

- PPROM is associated with 30 to 40 percent of all preterm deliveries.