Diseases

Vasa Previa

Pregnancy complication where fetal blood vessels, normally inside the umbilical cord, are left unprotected and cross FETAL MEMBRANES. It is associated with antepartum bleeding and FETAL DEATH and STILLBIRTH due to exsanguination.

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Abstract

Pregnancy complication where fetal blood vessels, normally inside the umbilical cord, are left unprotected and cross FETAL MEMBRANES. It is associated with antepartum bleeding and FETAL DEATH and STILLBIRTH due to exsanguination.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Vasa Praevia
  • Praevia, Vasa
  • Praevias, Vasa
  • Previa, Vasa
  • Previas, Vasa
  • Vasa Praevias
  • Vasa Previas

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32 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, 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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Indexing Annotation

check the tags FEMALE and PREGNANCY

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History Note

2010

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Previous Indexing

  • Placenta Previa (1968-2009)
  • Pregnancy Complications (1963-2009)
  • Umbilical Cord (1951-2009)

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Tree Number

  1. C12.050.703w.420w.952w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vasa Previa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055949. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055949
  2. Vasa Previa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_praevia
  3. Vasa Previa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1899576