Placenta previa is usually diagnosed when the placenta implanted in the lower uterine segment, thus partially or totally overlying the internal os . It occurs with an incidence of 0.3-0.5%. It is associated mainly with prior caesarean delivery . The condition is frequently complicated by invasion of placental villi beyond the decidua basalis causing placenta accreta . Placenta previa is a major cause of massive haemorrhage during pregnancy and after delivery . The antepartum bleeding from placenta previa- can be life-threatening, thus, the prediction of this bleeding is of great importance . It is important to distinguish between women at high and low risk for antepartum haemorrhage with placenta previa especially at late pregnancy . However, the potential risk factors for antepartum haemorrhage in women with placenta previa have not been thoroughly examined.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
250
Abdominal ultrasound in pregnant women with placenta previa
The rate of vaginal bleeding in women presented by placenta previa at third trimester of pregnancy.
The rate of vaginal bleeding in women presented by placenta previa at third trimester of pregnancy.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 and half year
Identification of the potential clinical and ultrasonographic predictors of antepartum hemorrhage in women with placenta previa at third trimester of pregnancy
The result that the investigators will get from the study will help identify predictors of antepartum hemorrhage in pregnant women with placenta previa and hence preventing it, antepartum hemorrhage is a major life threatening complication of the disease wether to the baby or the mother
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 and half year
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