The effect of placenta location on the safety of pregnant driver and her fetus
Autor: | M. Meric, B. S. Acar |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Uterus Transportation 02 engineering and technology Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering law.invention 0203 mechanical engineering law Placenta Airbag 0502 economics and business medicine reproductive and urinary physiology 050210 logistics & transportation Pregnancy Fetus Placental abruption Obstetrics business.industry Mechanical Engineering 05 social sciences Lateral right 020302 automobile design & engineering medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Fundus (uterus) business |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Crashworthiness. 22:163-168 |
ISSN: | 1754-2111 1358-8265 |
Popis: | Placental abruption accounts for more than half of fetal mortality in automobile collisions. In most of the pregnancies, placenta is located at the fundus position of the uterus. However, in real life, placenta can also be found at different locations in the uterus.The goal of this study is to investigate whether the location of the placenta in the uterus of pregnant driver has a role on the risk of placental abruption in motor vehicle accidents. In addition to the most common fundus position, four other placental locations, namely anterior, posterior, lateral left and lateral right, are considered within the computational pregnant driver model ‘Expecting’, and used in collision simulations with impact severities from 15 to 30 kph with 5-kph increments. Scenarios also include four cases where the pregnant driver is fully restrained with three-point seatbelt and airbag, three-point seatbelt only, airbag only and no restraint at all. The maximum strains developed in the utero-placental interface of ... |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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