Comparison of the diagnostic efficacy of the two rapid bedside immunoassays and combined clinical conventional diagnosis in prelabour rupture of membranes
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY, vol.158, no.2, pp.179-182, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 158 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2011
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2011.04.041
- Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.179-182
- Keywords: Premature rupture of membranes, Prelabour ruptures of membranes, PAMG-1, ILGFBP-1, FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN-1, FETAL MEMBRANES, AMNIOTIC-FLUID, PREMATURE RUPTURE, PLACENTAL ALPHA-MICROGLOBULIN-1, NITRAZINE TEST, SECRETIONS, IGFBP-1, PAMG-1
- Istanbul University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Objective: Diagnosis of prelabour rupture of membranes (PROM) may be challenging. Conventional diagnostic methods such as speculum examination, ferning pattern, and pH detection are not satisfactorily accurate. Two relatively new, commercially available rapid bedside immunoassay strip tests, for placental alpha microglobulin-1 (PAMG-1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (ILGFBP-1), are alleged to be more accurate. We compared the diagnostic efficacy of PAMG-1 and ILGFBP-1 immunoassay tests and combined conventional clinical diagnostic methods in PROM.