Placenta Abruption Essay

Did you know that placenta abruption occurs in 1 in 100 pregnancies? The placenta is the way the baby receives food and oxygen through the umbilical cord which attaches to the wall of the uterus. In the Maternal Early Pregnancy Serum Metabolomics Profile and Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding as Predictors of Placenta Abruption: A Prospective Study, by Blzu Gelya he reported that women ages 20-34 had placenta abruption 64% out of others aged mothers. Also he reported Non-Hispanic whites had higher chance than African Americans. According to The March of Dimes placenta abruption can cause mild complications, but there are severe complications such as growth problems, premature and still birth. With this new study by researches Blzu Gelya he found a way to create a serum that offers the prediction of placenta abruption. …show more content…
In this study they collected a blood sample from women at 15-22 weeks of pregnancy, where they centrifuged the blood sample, and therefore separated the serum to diagnose a premature placenta abruption and also helped discover Down Syndrome and neural tube defects in the pregnancy. The researched data they had was taken from medical records and blood clot behind placenta. They also researched lifestyle characteristics from the maternal women and took in information from labor and delivery and infant outcome. Some lifestyles characteristics of the women studied was race/ethnicity, smoking during pregnancy, Medicaid payment status, hypertension, preeclampsia, birth weight, and maternal mass