Placental abruption occurs when the placenta, the tube that sends oxygen and nutrients to your baby during pregnancy, detaches from your uterine wall. This is a medical emergency requiring ...

In this study, we examined the association among placental abruption, preterm birth and maternal race. We found that self-reported Black maternal race, compared to White race, was significantly ...

Here’s how it works. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART), such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), may affect the epigenetics of the placenta, slightly raising the risk of certain health ...

Background: Efforts to elucidate risk factors for placental abruption are imperative due to the severity of complications it produces for both mother and fetus, and its contribution to preterm birth.

Read before the Obstetrical Society of Boston, May 21, 1901. BOSTON. Instructor in Obstetrics, Harvard Medical School; Senior Physician to Out-Patients, Boston Lying-in Hospital; Assistant ...

Placental abruption, the cause of which is often unknown ... Normally, the placenta is located away from the cervix (the opening into the uterus). With placenta previa, it is attached close to or ...