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Placenta Praevia Without Antepartum Haemorrhage
Author(s) -
Hill David J.,
Beischer Norman A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1980.tb00889.x
Subject(s) - antepartum haemorrhage , placenta , medicine , obstetrics , caesarean section , vaginal delivery , incidence (geometry) , placenta previa , postpartum haemorrhage , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics , physics , optics
Summary: The incidence of placenta praevia in a series of 26,155 patients was 0.9%; in 81 of the 238 patients (34%) there was no antepartum haemorrhage. Placenta praevia was known to be present before delivery in only 12 of the latter group, the condition being diagnosed after vaginal delivery in 17 and at Caesarean section in 52. Approximately 40% of patients with placenta praevia who deliver vaginally have had no antepartum haemorrhage.