BACKGROUND Placenta previa is known to be associated with previous caesarean deliveries, advanced maternal age, increasing parity, smoking, curettage and myomectomy. This study was carried out to compare the frequency of placenta previa, in women with previous caesareans versus those with normal vaginal deliveries. METHODS It was one year study conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gy...

I N this issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY, Balki et al. introduce an algorithm for the unanticipated difficult airway in obstetric patients. Their study methodology and results highlight how simulation can be used to develop a prospective expert consensus for managing events such as the unanticipated difficult maternal airway during caesarian delivery. The anesthesiologist and obstetric team must rapidl...

Placenta previa can be difficult to diagnose with transabdominal sonography during the third trimester of pregnancy, because of difficulties in imaging the cervix late in pregnancy. Although transperineal sonography offers an additional view of the cervix, its value in the diagnosis of placenta previa has not been studied. Accordingly, we performed transperineal sonography on 164 patients who h...

PURPOSE To evaluate whether type and location of placenta previa affect risk of antepartum hemorrhage-related preterm delivery. METHODS We retrospectively studied 162 women with singleton pregnancies presenting placenta previa. Through observation using transvaginal ultrasound the women were categorized into complete or incomplete placenta previa, and then assigned to anterior and posterior g...

BACKGROUND This study investigated whether fetuses of placenta previa pregnancies have cardiac dysfunction by use of a modified myocardial performance index (Mod-MPI). MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted including 178 fetuses at 28-40 weeks of gestation. Eighty-nine fetuses of mothers with placenta previa and without pregnancy complications were recruited (pla...

Case A 22-year-old (gravida 3, para 1, aborta 1) woman was admitted to hospital at 39 weeks and 5 days of gestation with contractions and light blood show (ie, minor bleeding with mucus that is associated with cervical dilation). Shortly after arrival, her membranes ruptured spontaneously for a moderate amount of clear amniotic fluid. Vaginal examination revealed cervical dilation of 5 to 6 cm,...

1 Alev Özer, Hilal Sakallı, Bülent Köstü, Şakir Aydoğdu Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey MATERNAL-NEONATAL OUTCOMES IN PLACENTA PREVIA ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL OUTCOMES IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLACENTA PREVIA AND IN PREVIA-ACCRETA COEXISTENCE PLASENTA PREVİANIN FARKLI TİPLERİNDE VE PREVİA-AKRETA BİRLİKTELİĞİNDE M...

BACKGROUND The incidence of placenta previa has been increasing. It is of a great importance to determine the clinical risk factors for peripartum blood transfusion in women with placenta previa in an effort to anticipate cases of severe hemorrhage. METHODS A total of 129 consecutive cases of placenta previa (64 cases of complete placenta previa and 65 cases of marginal placenta previa), incl...