CRP and newborn respiratory distress syndrome: The studies by Poovathi et al. [10], Petit et al. [16], and Rajan and Menon [13] also found similar incidences of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Mohan et al. [14] observed severe respiratory distress syndrome in 43% of neonates and sepsis in 24% of cases. Analyzing various morbidity outcomes in PPROM in different gestational age groups, we observed that TLC and CRP were significantly raised in the 34-36 weeks and six days age group followed by the 28-31 weeks and six days age group.