Velamentous cord insertion: Is it associated with adverse perinatal outcomes?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 409-412

  Esakoff, Tania F ^a   Cheng, Yvonne W ^b   Snowden, Jonathan M ^c   Tran, Susan H ^c   Shaffer, Brian L ^c   Caughey, Aaron B ^c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord; Insertion; Velamentous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL PLACENTAL DELIVERY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION; VELAMENTOUS CORD INSERTION; CALIFORNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924420704     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.918098     Document Type: Article

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