OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors associated with retained placenta after vaginal delivery. DESIGN Case-control study. MATERIAL AND METHOD Medical records of 234 pregnant women whose gestational age > or =28 weeks were reviewed. Cases comprised of 78 women with retained placenta after vaginal delivery and controls comprised of 156 women with spontaneous placental delivery. Associated risk ...

BACKGROUND The third stage of labour may be complicated by retained placenta, which should be managed promptly because it may cause severe bleeding and infection, with a potentially fatal outcome. This study evaluated the effectiveness of umbilical vein injection of misoprostol for the treatment of retained placenta in a hospital setting. METHODS This hospital-based placebo-controlled trial w...

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) is the enzyme which utilises NAD to synthesise poly(ADP-ribose) polymers. This process appears in response to DNA lesions. Oxidative stress, which might be involved in bovine placental retention, is the reason for oxidative DNA injury. In this mini-review, the relationship between PARP activity and bovine placental retention is discussed. The results of our ex...

The aim of this work was to investigate possible differences in peripheral blood concentrations of 13, 14 dihydro 15 keto PGF alpha (PGFM) and 6 keto PGF1 alpha (PGIM), between dairy cows retaining (RP) and not retaining (NRP) their placenta. Blood samples were collected 5, 30, and 60 minutes postpartum from 8 RP and 17 NRP cows. PGFM concentrations were significantly lower in RP cows than in N...

Background Postpartum bleeding is a component of the normal physiologic process that occurs after delivery or miscarriage. Normally, bleeding decreases over the first postpartum week. When bleeding is excessive and uterine atony has been excluded as a cause, the next most common cause of postpartum bleeding is retained products of conception (RPOC). The placenta usually constitutes the majority...

The third stage of labor is associated with considerable maternal morbidity and mortality. The major complication is postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), which is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Whereas in the event of PPH due to atony of the uterus there exist numerous treatment guidelines; for the management of retained placenta the general consensus is more difficult...

This study aims to analyze the clinical characteristics and to manage patients with retained placenta left in situ accompanied by fever following vaginal delivery.Twenty-one patients with retained placenta in association with fever following vaginal delivery were enrolled and managed at the maternity department of our university hospital between 2012 and 2014.All patients had risk factors for d...