Causes of prematurity; influence of uterine bleeding on the incidence of prematurity
| Autor: | Estelle W. Brown, Robert A. Lyon, Nina A. Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Prevalence Hemorrhage Lesion Placenta medicine Humans Pregnancy Obstetrics business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Uterus Infant Newborn Uterine bleeding Infant General Medicine medicine.disease Placenta previa medicine.anatomical_structure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Uterine Hemorrhage medicine.symptom business Full term infants Infant Premature |
| Zdroj: | American journal of diseases of children (1911). 71 |
| ISSN: | 0096-8994 |
| Popis: | UTERINE bleeding during pregnancy may be a symptom of various pathologic conditions. A diagnosis of premature separation of the placenta or of placenta previa can be made in some instances, but in others a definite underlying lesion is difficult to ascertain. The incidence of premature delivery is generally elevated among women who suffer from any of the conditions causing uterine bleeding during pregnancy. In 20 previous reports in the literature 1 the incidence of placenta previa varied from 1.3 to 9.0 per cent among the mothers of premature infants; premature separation of the placenta from 0.2 to 5.1 per cent, and bleeding from unstated causes from 1.2 to 18 per cent. In our preliminary study 2 bleeding from undetermined causes was found to occur in a significantly greater number of mothers of premature infants than in those of full term infants. The group of patients with placenta previa or with |
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