Fetal demise - Respiratory distress syndrome develops in premature neonates - method of inducing labor after artificial rupture of the membranes

- Fetal demise is death of the fetus after viability.

- Respiratory distress syndrome develops in premature neonates because their alveoli lack surfactant.

- The most common method of inducing labor after artificial rupture of the membranes is oxytocin (Pitocin) infusion.