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CASE NOTE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLACENTA: ARE THEY WORTHWHILE?
Author(s) -
Penfold P.,
Drury Linda,
Lewis Leila,
Royston J. P.,
Hytten F. E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10606.x
Subject(s) - cord , placenta , umbilical cord , birth weight , obstetrics , eccentricity (behavior) , apgar score , fetal weight , medicine , fetus , pregnancy , psychology , biology , anatomy , surgery , social psychology , genetics
Summary In 429 placentae, measurements were made of weight, diameter, shape, eccentricity of the cord and weight and length of the cord, and the results were compared with Apgar score of the infant at birth and its standardized birth weight. There was no evidence that cord eccentricity, placental shape or ‘thickness’, or the dimensions of the cord had any significant relation to the growth of the fetus or its condition at birth. The value of routine recording of crude measurements and qualitative assessments of the placenta in case notes is questioned.