BACKGROUND We studied the possible advantages of feed-forward control nursing model in the treatment of placenta previa. METHODS We enrolled 60 pregnant women who were receiving treatment for expectant placenta previa between January 2010 and January 2016 and randomly divided them into the control group and the observation group with 30 cases in each group. In the control group, we offered sp...

AIMS We investigated whether common iliac artery balloon occlusion (CIABO) was effective for decreasing blood loss during cesarean hysterectomy (CH) in patients with placenta previa with accreta and was safe for mothers and fetuses. METHODS Of the 67 patients who underwent CH for placenta previa with accreta at our facility from 1985 to 2014, 57 patients were eligible for the study. The amoun...

OBJECTIVE To compare perinatal outcome and near-miss morbidities between placenta previa versus abruptio placentae in patients of antepartum haemorrhage (APH). STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Gynaecology Unit II, Civil Hospital, Karachi, from August 2007 to July 2009. METHODOLOGY Patients with APH diagnosed as placenta previa and abruptio placen...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between first-trimester sonographic findings and morbidly adherent placenta at delivery. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of all first-trimester sonographic examinations from pregnancies that underwent third-trimester sonography for placenta previa or low-lying placenta between September 1997 and October 2011. Onl...

OBJECTIVE The underlying inflammation of endometrium may impede normal implantation of placenta during pregnancy. Our objective is to show cervical colonization of ureaplasma and/or mycoplasma as a marker of endometritis in pregnancies complicated with placenta previa that can be a risk factor for placenta accreta and peripartum hemorrhage. PATIENTS AND METHODS Cervical cultures for ureaplasm...

A retrospective analysis of 732 consecutive deliveries at this hospital was undertaken to see if the early (15-20 weeks) pregnancy ultrasound placental localisation was of value, and whether the diagnosis of low-lying placenta warranted a repeat scan. The placental site was reported as normal in 413 pregnancies, as low-lying in 79 and was not recorded in 240. None of the women with a low-lying ...

Placenta previa occur when the placenta is situated completely or its part into lower uterine segment. Placentaprevia can give rise to bleeding either during pregnancy, labour following delivery. Transvaginalsonography most accurate method diagnose previa. Due fact that since one of placentais partially detached, while other has grown uterus, postpartum haemorrhage withlethal outcome may occur,...