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Placenta Praevia (Types, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment), What is placenta praevia? [ 1 ] Placenta praevia is an important cause of maternal and fetal morbidity an...
Placenta Problems (Placenta Accreta and Placental Abruption), Placental accreta spectrum (PAS) [ 8 ] The attachment abnormalities placenta praevia and retained placenta are ...
All women need to be assessed individually, taking into account not only the amount of blood loss but also any relevant current or past medical and obstetric history. Placenta praevia: see...
The following are some of the possible complications which can occur in pregnancy. Placenta praevia The "afterbirth", or placenta, sits on the wall of your womb durin...
There are variations across the UK as to exactly when and how fetal anomaly scanning is done. Placenta praevia Placenta praevia means that the placenta is covering ...
A sex-linked autosomal recessive form of inheritance has been strongly suggested. [ 3 ] A study from Cameroon found that most mothers were aged under 30 with singleton pregnancy but about two-third...
However, the effect of planned caesarean section in improving these outcomes remains uncertain and therefore caesarean section should not routinely be offered. Placenta praevia Risk ...
Altered AFP levels, either too high or low compared with normal amounts, can also indicate increased risk of obstetric problems such as placenta accreta/increta/percreta when placenta pra...
Abnormal fetus. Placenta praevia. Primiparity. Breech presentation See the separate Breech Presentations article for more detailed discussion.
Known weakness of the neck of the womb (cervix), including women who have had a cervical stitch (cervical cerclage). Placenta praevia (where the placenta lies low down in the womb...
Retained Placenta, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that the third stage is diagnosed as delayed if it takes longer than 30 minutes to deliver the p...
Low-lying placenta (placenta praevia). Pregnancy-related high blood pressure (pre-eclampsia). Certain infections, such as a first genital herpes infection occurring late in pre...
Preterm delivery, although higher age is more significant. [ 5 , 6 ] Uterine atony. Placenta praevia . Uterine rupture . Amniotic fluid embolism . Maternal anaemia. P...
Your risk will be assessed and you will be advised how best this can be reduced. Placenta praevia, when the placenta sits a little too low in the womb. The more placenta ...
Pregnancy-related problems - ectopic pregnancy, incomplete miscarriage with heavy bleeding, severe pre-eclampsia, HELLP syndrome (= H aemolysis, EL elevated liver) enzymes, LP (low platelet) coun...
Uterine anomalies (eg, bicornuate or septate uterus) or tumour. Placenta praevia. Abnormal pelvic brim. Maternal smoking. Maternal diabetes. Fetal malformation (eg, hydrocephal...
Early separation of the placenta from the womb - placental abruption. The placenta being situated too low - placenta praevia.
Known cervical insufficiency , or a short cervix diagnosed on ultrasound scan. Placenta praevia. Fertility treatment in this pregnancy. Less than six months between pregnancies.
If the placenta is over the cervical os, offer a scan at 32 weeks, for placenta praevia. If abnormalities are detected on clinical examination, such as malpresentation or being ...
Internationally it has been found to be significantly associated with induction of labour and maternal age [ 3 ] . Placenta praevia and placental abruption appear to increase the risk 3- to 1...