Open AccessNeonate - newborn condition and prematurity with breech delivery
Author(s) -
Milan Djordjević,
Božidar Jovanović,
Predrag Sazdanović,
Gordana Đorđević
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0910456d
Subject(s) - medicine , breech presentation , meconium , obstetrics , umbilical cord , fetal head , amniotic fluid , placenta previa , meconium aspiration syndrome , apgar score , gestational age , pregnancy , fetus , pediatrics , placenta , genetics , anatomy , biology
Before birth, most of foetuses located in mother's uterus have head presentation down towards the breech exit. Preterm delivery presents the delivery before the end of the 37th gestational week. Etiology of preterm breech deliveries is the same as of the ones at term, such as uterine malformations and myomas, polyhydramnion, foetal abnormalities, high parity, short umbical cord, placenta previa. The complications include passing of the body through insufficiently dilated cervical channel and "capturing " of the head, umbilical cord prolapse, intrapartal hipoxy, discoordinated delivery, aspiration pneumonia, traumatic injuries. The basic aim of the research was to determine prematurity, mortality, colority of the amniotic fluid, and newborn condition with breech deliveries comparing to the head presentation deliveries.