Abruptio placentae. Análisis clínico de 132 casos

Risk factors for abruptio placentae.

In a prospective study 90 patients who had confirmed abruption of the placenta were compared with a control group. Significantly more patients who had abruptio placentae were unmarried, smoked cigarettes, received no antenatal care, had coitus within the 48 hours preceding delivery, developed intrapartum hypertension and had a lower ponderal index than the controls. More patients with abruptio ...

Abruptio placentae: perinatal aspects and current management.

Diseño de un Termómetro Digital para Análisis Clínico en Animales de Trabajo

os métodos empleados en el sureste mexicano para la producción en el campo son obsoletos; no es conveniente introducir maquinaria pesada, por razones económicas y orográficas, lo que obliga a realizar un refinamiento y rediseño de las técnicas y herramientas actualmente empleadas, para poder mejorar la producción. El CIIDIR Oaxaca ha implementado un proyecto cuyo objetivo es el diseño y evaluac...

The role of prenatal alcohol exposure in abruptio placentae.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between preconception and prenatal alcohol use and abruptio placentae. METHODS A case-control study of women with the clinical diagnosis of abruptio placentae, 65 cases.and 66 controls, at Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Western Cape, South Africa. Women in whom a retroplacental blood clot, covering at least 15% of the placental surface, was found at deli...

Uterine contraction patterns in patients with severe abruptio placentae.

Uterine contractions were monitored in 54 patients in whom severe abruptio placentae had caused intra-uterine death of the fetus. The frequency at the beginning of monitoring ranged from 2 to 14 contractions in 10 minutes, with a mean of 8,4. Only 4 patients had 4 or fewer contractions in the first 10 minutes of monitoring. No change in contraction frequency was observed during the course of la...