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MeSH Heading: Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes
Tree Number(s): C12.050.703.420.339
Unique ID: D005322
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005322
Scope Note: Spontaneous tearing of the membranes surrounding the FETUS any time before the onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR. Preterm PROM is membrane rupture before 37 weeks of GESTATION.
Entry Term(s): Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture; PPROM; PROM (Pregnancy); Premature Rupture of Membrane (Pregnancy); Preterm PROM (Pregnancy); Preterm Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes; Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes
Previous Indexing: Fetal Membranes (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
Date Introduced: 1975/09/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0008405
Scope Note: Spontaneous tearing of the membranes surrounding the FETUS any time before the onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR. Preterm PROM is membrane rupture before 37 weeks of GESTATION.
Terms: Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes Preferred Term
Term UI T632340
Date03/03/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
Term UI T016259
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Premature Rupture of Membrane (Pregnancy)
Term UI T639892
Date05/05/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); PROM (Pregnancy)
Term UI T016260
Date03/25/1986
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

Concept UI: M0481507
Terms: Preterm Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes Preferred Term
Term UI T632341
Date03/03/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); PPROM
Term UI T000882690
Date06/29/2015
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013); Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes
Term UI T827611
Date08/08/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013); Preterm PROM (Pregnancy)
Term UI T632342
Date03/03/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006)

Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes MeSH Descriptor Data 2026