Pregnancy : Complications

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Pregnancy is a natural condition and not a disease. If a woman takes good care of herself, plans her pregnancy with medical counseling, maintains optimal health, and obtains good prenatal care, the pregnancy and birth experience will be joyful eve...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Placenta abruptio is separation of the placenta (the organ that nourishes the fetus) from the site of uterine implantation before delivery of the fetus.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 8, 2006
Placental abruption occurs when the placenta separates from the wall of the uterus prior to the birth of the baby. This can result in severe, uncontrollable bleeding (hemorrhage).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Placental abruption is a condition in pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the uterine wall while the fetus is still in utero . While it is seen most often during the third trimester of pregnancy, especially during the labor process, the term can be applied from 20 weeks gestation through term.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy is bleeding coming through the vagina during pregnancy, for any reason.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 19, 2008
Eclampsia is the occurence of seizures (convulsions) in a pregnant woman. The seizures are unrelated to brain conditions and usually happen after the 20th week of pregnancy. See also: Preeclampsia
Source:ADAM
Date:February 5, 2008
Preeclampsia and eclampsia are complications of pregnancy . In preeclampsia, the woman has dangerously high blood pressure, swelling, and protein in the urine.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Placenta previa is a condition that may occur during pregnancy when the placenta implants in the lower part of the uterus and is close to or covering the cervical opening to the vagina (birth canal).
Source:ADAM
Date:August 17, 2007
Placenta previa is an abnormal condition of pregnancy in which the placenta is attached to the lower section of the uterus, partially or completely covering the cervix. It occurs in about 0.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Placenta previa is a condition that occurs during pregnancy when the placenta is abnormally placed, and partially or totally covers the cervix. The uterus is the muscular organ that contains the developing baby during pregnancy.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A spontaneous abortion is the loss of a fetus during pregnancy due to natural causes. The term "miscarriage" is the spontaneous termination of a pregnancy before fetal development has reached 20 weeks. Pregnancy losses after the 20th week are categorized as preterm deliveries. The term "spontaneous abortion" refers to naturally occurring events, not elective or therapeutic abortion procedures. Other terms include: missed abortion (a pregnancy demise where nothing is expelled) incomplete abortion (not all of the products of conception are expelled) complete abortion (all of the products of conception are expelled) threatened abortion (symptoms indicate a miscarriage is possible) inevitable abortion (the symptoms cannot be stopped, and a miscarriage will happen) infected abortion
Source:ADAM
Date:September 19, 2006
Miscarriage means loss of an embryo or fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy . Most miscarriages occur during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A miscarriage is the loss of an embryo or fetus before the twentieth week of pregnancy . A pregnancy loss after the twentieth week is called a stillbirth.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Oligohydramnios sequence occurs as a result of having very little or no fluid (called amniotic fluid) surrounding a developing fetus during a pregnancy. " Oligohydramnios " means that there is less amniotic fluid present around the fetus than normal.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Polyhydramnios is the presence of excessive amniotic fluid surrounding the unborn infant.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 9, 2007
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