BACKGROUND There is concern about the development of anemia-associated fetal hydrops associated with maternal parvovirus B19 infection. Parvovirus B19 infection occurs via the globoside (P antigen) receptor, the main glycolipid of erythroid cells, which induces apoptosis. Similar findings have been reported for the P antigen of globoside-containing placental trophoblast cells. CASE DESCRIPTIO...

PURPOSE To examine obstetric outcomes in the second birth of women who had undergone a previous cesarean delivery. METHODS This was a large hospital-based retrospective cohort study. We included pregnant women who had a previous delivery (vaginal or cesarean) attending their second birth from 2001 to 2009. Main inclusion criteria were singleton pregnancies and delivery between a gestation of ...

The authors carried out an epidemiologic study to evaluate the role of maternal cigarette smoking as a potential risk factor for placental abruption, placenta previa, and uterine bleeding of unknown etiology in pregnancy. Data for this prospective cohort study were obtained from women seeking prenatal care at any of the two tertiary, seven regional, or 17 community hospitals in the province of ...

Placetal abruption is a disease occurring irrespective of the time and location and requiring maternal-fetal emergency care, so early delivery is indispensable, and the time from the occurrence of placental abruption to delivery should be shortened as much as possible.

Introduction Placental abruption is a serious complication in pregnancy. Its incidence varies across countries, but the information of how placental immigrant populations limited. The aims this study were to estimate women compared with non-immigrants by maternal country and region birth, reason for immigration, length residence. Material methods We conducted nationwide population-based using d...

The authors investigated a possible association of supplemental folic acid and multivitamin use with placental abruption by using data on 280,127 singleton deliveries recorded in 1999-2004 in the population-based Medical Birth Registry of Norway. Odds ratios, adjusted for maternal age, marital status, parity, smoking, pregestational diabetes, and chronic hypertension, were estimated with genera...

Effective management of vaginal bleeding in late pregnancy requires recognition of potentially serious conditions, including placenta previa, placental abruption, and vasa previa. Placenta previa is commonly diagnosed on routine ultrasonography before 20 weeks' gestation, but in nearly 90 percent of patients it ultimately resolves. Women who have asymptomatic previa can continue normal activiti...

Antepartum haemorrhage is an important obstetric emergency and carries increased risk of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. It commonly arises from the placenta as placenta praevia or placental abruption and rarely it may be from a vasa 1 praevia or local lesions in the cervix or vagina . It is crucial to distinguish between these causes from the outset as their definitive manageme...