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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