abruptio placentae


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Noun1.abruptio placentae - a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterusabruptio placentae - a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus
disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
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Ablatio placentae

abruptio placentae

n (form) desprendimiento prematuro de placenta
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We can suspect the condition when a patient suffering from HELLP syndrome or abruptio placentae develops anuric ARF and fails to produce any urinary output after 3 or 4 weeks on dialysis--enough time for acute tubular necrosis to show any sign of recovery.
Renal cortical necrosis and HELLP syndrome: a case presentation
Differential Diagnosis Nonobstetric Conditions Obstetric Conditions Urinary calculi Preterm labor Cholelithiasis Abruptio placentae Cholecystitis Chorioamnionitis Bowel obstruction Adnexal torsion Gastroenteritis Ectopic pregnancy Mesenteric adenitis Pelvic inflammatory disease Colonic carcinoma Round ligament pain Rectus hematoma Uteroovarian vein rupture Acute intermittent porphyria Carneous degeneration of myomas Perforated duodenal ulcer Uterine rupture (placenta percreta; rudimentary horn) Pneumonia Meckel's diverticulum Source: Dr.
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Persistent changes like bradycardia and variable or late decelerations suggest poor fetal reserve or abruptio placentae, and indicate the need for cesarean delivery.
Eclampsia usually occurs late in pregnancy
Spontaneous abortions, abrupt separation of the placenta from the uterus, (abruptio placentae), prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, stillbirth, and childhood neurobehavioral deficits are some of the problems cocaine causes.
Cocaine and urinary tract defects
Although understanding of the adverse effects of cocaine use by pregnant women is limited, several studies suggest an association between cocaine use and abruptio placentae, spontaneous abortions, prematurity, impaired fetal growth, congenital urogenital anomalies, and neurobehavioral deficits[9-12].
Urogenital anomalies in the offspring of women using cocaine during early pregnancy - Atlanta, 1968-1980
Abruptio placentae and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.
Avoiding paternalism but not moral perplexity
The occurrence of abruptio placentae and eclampsia was in 6.8% and 6.0%, respectively.
MATERNAL AND PERINATAL COMPLICATIONS OF SEVERE PREECLAMPSIA
Subclinical chorioamnionitis may lead to higher rates of abruptio placentae, but also to poor postpartum contractility of the uterus.
An increase in rates of obstetric haemorrhage in a setting of high HIV seroprevalence
Provisional diagnosis of abruptio placentae was made.
INVASIVE MOLE AT 22 WEEK GESTATION WITH PERFORATION OF UTERUS
In the <P75 group the cause of death was unknown in 3 cases, maternal diabetes in 3, severe congenital abnormalities in 1, abruptio placentae in 1, and growth restriction and syphilis/ growth restriction in 1 each.
Intrauterine deaths in high-risk pregnancies with normal and borderline umbilical artery Doppler flow velocity waveforms
Those who had a multiple pregnancy, placenta previa, abruptio placentae, coagulation abnormalities, cesarean section, or severe asthma were excluded.
Oral misoprostol as effective as oxytocin injection for treating postpartum bleeding

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