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    The amount of amniotic fluid remaining after the rupture of membranes appears to be important for pregnancies under 26 weeks. Lung hypoplasia can develop if a pregnancy is 23 weeks or less. A single course of corticosteroids is now recommended for women with ruptured membranes between 24 and 34 weeks to promote fetal lung maturation.

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    The amount of amniotic fluid remaining after the rupture of membranes appears to be important for pregnancies under 26 weeks. Lung hypoplasia can develop if a pregnancy is 23 weeks or less. A single course of corticosteroids is now recommended for women with ruptured membranes between 24 and 34 weeks to promote fetal lung maturation.

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    The amount of amniotic fluid remaining after the rupture of membranes appears to be important for pregnancies under 26 weeks. Lung hypoplasia can develop if a pregnancy is 23 weeks or less. A single course of corticosteroids is now recommended for women with ruptured membranes between 24 and 34 weeks to promote fetal lung maturation.

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    the volume of amnionic luid remaining after rupture appears to have prognostic

    importance in pregnancies before 26 weeks

    23 weeks or less is the threshold for devel opment of lung hypoplasia

    fever is the ony reliable indicator or the diagnosis of chorioamnionitis

    single course of corticosteroids, however, is now recommended for pregnant women with
    ruptured membranes between 24°/7 and 34°17 weeks' gestation
    tocolysis was the third most common cause of acute respiratory distress and death
    in preg nant women
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