fetal presentation


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pre·sen·ta·tion

(prez'ĕn-tā'shŭn)
That part of the fetus presenting at the superior aperture of the maternal pelvis; occiput, chin, and sacrum are, respectively, the determining points in vertex, face, and breech presentation.
See also: position (3) , present
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In contrast to the present study, no significant associations have been identified between parity and fetal presentation and SFWE failure in recent reports.19,24 Because no comparable data were presented in these studies, we could not determine the cause of dissimilarity between the findings of these studies and our own.
Accuracy of sonographic fetal weight estimation in full-term singleton pregnant women
Objective: This study was carried out to explore the effect of maternal social factors such as age, education, parity, consanguineous marriages, and prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), and clinical factors such as fetal presentation, mode of delivery, and gestational age, birth weight, and placental morphometry.
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The data included personal information such as age, parity, height, weight, occupation, income and exposure to risk factors like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anemia, fetal presentation, number of previous cesarean sections, birth spacing, spontaneous or induced labor, infertility treatment, and maternal exercises during pregnancy.
Obstetric and non-obstetric risk factors for cesarean section in Oman
Women were ineligible if they had prostaglandin hypersensitivity, previous uterine surgery, a noncephalic fetal presentation, or nonreassuring fetal cardiac monitoring.
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The following are some of the relative contraindications to perform FHR intraoperative monitoring: the presence of intact membranes and a fetal presentation other than cephalic; infection such as chorioamnionitis, HIV, herpes simplex; additionally, there has to be a dilatation of the cervix allowing for the passage of the probe down to the fetal scalp (14).
El punto ciego de la anestesia obstetrica: monitoria fetal intraquirurgica
It also allowed the discovery of a lack of relationship with the maternal heart rate and made it possible to diagnose fetal life or death and in twins, the determination of fetal presentation and position (Kergaradec cited by O'Dowd & Philipp, 1994).
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In analyses that took into account fetal presentation (e.g., breech or other non-headfirst positions), the odds of fetal death were lower for infants delivered by cesarean section prior to labor than for those with a spontaneous vaginal birth (odds ratio, 0.6).
In Asia, cesarean section associated with increased risk of neonatal mortality

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