The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Obstetric Emergency Team Training Program, the in Time Course, on Diagnosis to Delivery Interval Following Umbilical Cord Prolapse: A Retrospective Cohort Study

(Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2017;57(3):327–333) Although the overall incidence of cord prolapse is 0.1% to 0.6%, it often appears in perinatal mortality inquiries, with a perinatal mortality rate of 91 in 1000 in the setting of cord prolapse. Cord prolapse is also significantly associated with spastic quadriplegic or dyskinetic cerebral palsy in both term and preterm infants. In order to optimize perinatal outcome in cases of cord prolapse where there is evidence of fetal distress, a diagnosis to delivery interval (DDI) of
Source: Obstetric Anesthesia Digest - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Mechanisms, Equipment, Hazards Source Type: research