Login / Signup

Relation between Birth Weight and Intraoperative Hemorrhage during Cesarean Section in Pregnancy with Placenta Previa.

Hiroaki SoyamaMorikazu MiyamotoHiroki IshibashiMasashi TakanoHidenori SasaKenichi Furuya
Published in: PloS one (2016)
In patients with placenta previa, a birth weight >-0.33 standard deviation was a significant risk indicator of massive hemorrhage during cesarean section. Based on this result, further studies are required to investigate whether fetal weight estimated by ultrasonography can predict hemorrhage during cesarean section in patients with placental previa.
Keyphrases
  • birth weight
  • weight gain
  • gestational age
  • preterm birth
  • body mass index
  • weight loss
  • physical activity
  • patients undergoing
  • contrast enhanced
  • case control