title: Effects of barometric pressure and lunar phases on premature rupture of the membranes.
abstract: Meteorologic events have often been blamed for premature rupture of the fetal membranes. This study analyzed the relationship of barometric pressure and lunar phase to membrane rupture and found no evidence that membrane rupture is influenced by those phenomena.
mesh_terms: D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010507:Periodicity; D011247:Pregnancy