Diseases

Nuchal Cord

A complication of pregnancy in which the UMBILICAL CORD wraps around the fetal neck once or multiple times. In some cases, cord entanglement around fetal neck may not affect pregnancy outcome significantly. In others, the nuchal cord may lead to restricted fetal blood flow, oxygen transport, fetal development, fetal movement, and complicated delivery at birth.

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Abstract

A complication of pregnancy in which the UMBILICAL CORD wraps around the fetal neck once or multiple times. In some cases, cord entanglement around fetal neck may not affect pregnancy outcome significantly. In others, the nuchal cord may lead to restricted fetal blood flow, oxygen transport, fetal development, fetal movement, and complicated delivery at birth.

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  • Fetal Cord Entanglement
  • Cord Entanglements, Fetal
  • Cord, Nuchal
  • Fetal Cord Entanglements
  • Double Nuchal Cord
  • Quadruple Nuchal Cord
  • Single Nuchal Cord
  • Triple Nuchal Cord
  • Cord, Double Nuchal
  • Nuchal Cord, Double
  • Nuchal Cord, Quadruple
  • Nuchal Cord, Single
  • Nuchal Cord, Triple

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2007

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nuchal Cord. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053589. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053589
  2. Nuchal Cord. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuchal_cord
  3. Nuchal Cord. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1961969