Present study was based on three aspects; first to find out various morphological parameters of
umbilical cord in dead foetuses, second to find out the relation between these parameters and number of umbilical arteries and third the
umbilical cord anomalies.
Written consent form was taken from women before collection of saliva,
umbilical cord blood and venous blood.
I recommend checking
umbilical cord blood gas values on all operative vaginal deliveries, cesarean deliveries for fetal concern, abnormal FHR patterns, clinical chorioamnionitis, multifetal gestations, premature deliveries, and all infants with low Apgar scores at 1 or 5 minutes.
Results: Detection rates of marginal
umbilical cord entry abnormity and velamentous
umbilical cord entry abnormity by means of CDUS at second trimester were 94.1% and 93.8% respecdtively much higher than 80.0% and 68.8% which were those of third trimester.
Keywords:
Umbilical cord, True knot, Intrauterine death.
Infections of
umbilical cord is one of the major causes of new born deaths in Pakistan.
Delayed cord clamping involves extending the time between the delivery of a neonate and clamping of the
umbilical cord to at least 15 seconds.
PECAM-1 has been shown to play an important role in the adhesion cascades leading to extravasation of leukocytes during inflammation in vitro (Muller et al, 1993) and in vivo (Vaporciyan et al, 1993; Duncan et al, 1999; Liao et al, 1999) The purpose of this study is to examine the changes in the
umbilical cord in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus.
According to the medical report on her mother and child health handbook, the baby was found to have
umbilical cord infection, which can lead to sepsis, an infection responsible for the deaths of 15 per cent of newborns in the world annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Sepsis is a systematic bacterial infection affecting a new born in the first 90 days of life.
5, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women should keep in mind that donating their
umbilical cord blood could save lives, a clinical cell therapy expert says.
Thirteen years ago, I wrote an article in the Townsend Letter suggesting that many infants could benefit if obstetricians would adopt a practice that is common among midwives--delaying the clamping of the
umbilical cord after the baby is born.