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Placental abruption screening
Introduction
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- First trimester (pregnancy-associated placental protein-A [PAPP-A])
- second trimester (total hCG and alpha fetoprotein [AFP]) serum biochemistry were determined.The two screening periods were compared for the prediction of a range of severe adverse perinatal outcomes (intrauterine growth restriction [IUGR], abruption, severe pre-eclampsia/HELLP syndrome, delivery < 32 weeks, or stillbirth).[1]
- MRI is a complementary technique that should be considered when ultrasound is inconclusive or incomplete.[2]
References
References
- β Ananth CV, Wapner RJ, Ananth S, DΚΌAlton ME, Vintzileos AM (2017). “First-Trimester and Second-Trimester Maternal Serum Biomarkers as Predictors of Placental Abruption”. Obstet Gynecol. 129 (3): 465β472. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000001889. PMCΒ 5367463. PMIDΒ 28178056.
- β Leyendecker JR, DuBose M, Hosseinzadeh K, Stone R, Gianini J, Childs DD; et al. (2012). “MRI of pregnancy-related issues: abnormal placentation”. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 198 (2): 311β20. doi:10.2214/AJR.11.7957. PMIDΒ 22268173.
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