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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
#painless bleeding from fetal origin | |||
#mother's life not in danger | |||
#defect in placental formation | |||
# umbilical vessels travel through placental membranes unsupported by other placental tissue | |||
# also caused by extra lobe on placnta | |||
placental membranes unsupported by other placental tissue | |||
by extra lobe on placnta | |||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
# suspect of mother with min vag bleeding and no pain, no contractions, no mat symptoms but fetus with signficant distress | |||
contractions, no mat symptoms but fetus with signficant distress | |||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
c-section | c-section | ||
[[Category:OB/GYN]] | [[Category:OB/GYN]] | ||
Revision as of 00:30, 29 March 2011
Background
- painless bleeding from fetal origin
- mother's life not in danger
- defect in placental formation
- umbilical vessels travel through placental membranes unsupported by other placental tissue
- also caused by extra lobe on placnta
Diagnosis
- suspect of mother with min vag bleeding and no pain, no contractions, no mat symptoms but fetus with signficant distress
Treatment
c-section