Maternal and newborn

AROM / SROM

artificial rupture of membranes / spontaneous rupture of membranes

Whether the amniotic sac was broken by a clinician (AROM) or broke on its own (SROM).

How it gets tested

Tested as a pair, and alongside PROM — rupture before labour begins — which is the third member of the set.

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