PMID: 8590356Jun 1, 1995Paper

Clinical usefulness of the dye-injection method for diagnosing premature rupture of the membranes in equivocal cases

The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
S FujimotoS Makinoda

Abstract

In 1981, we preliminarily reported on the clinical value and safety of the intra-amniotic dye (Phenol-sulfonphthalein, PSP)-injection method for diagnosing PROM. In the current study, through examination of 64 equivocal cases in the midtrimester of pregnancy, we investigated the clinical efficacy of the PSP test. In the present study we examined patients with equivocal PROM in their 14th week to 33rd week of gestation, whose findings were positive according to a combination of conventional diagnostic methods. The results of the PSP test and conventional diagnostic methods were compared with the final diagnosis of PROM. The conventional diagnostic methods showed an accuracy rate of 63.9%-70.5%, in contrast to the PSP test, which had a 100%-accuracy rate (p < 0.001). Using the PSP test in combination with amnioscopy, we have established a method of differentially diagnosing PROM. We have reconfirmed the clinical efficacy of the PSP test in 64 equivocal PROM cases.

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Sep 1, 1996·European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology·T KishidaS Fujimoto
Jun 19, 1998·The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research·H YamadaS Fujimoto
Mar 4, 1999·The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research·T Kubota, H Takeuchi
Oct 19, 2011·Journal de gynécologie, obstétrique et biologie de la reproduction·L MarcellinV Tsatsaris
Feb 26, 2015·The Journal of Maternal-fetal & Neonatal Medicine : the Official Journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians·Henry AdekolaEleazar Soto
Feb 12, 2013·Journal de gynécologie, obstétrique et biologie de la reproduction·L BlanchonD Gallot
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May 10, 2017·Obstetrics and Gynecology·Kayla E IrelandPatrick S Ramsey
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Dec 12, 2018·Gynécologie, Obstétrique, Fertilité & Sénologie·M FourD Gallot

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