Placental abruption occurs when the placenta, the tube that sends oxygen and nutrients to your baby during pregnancy, detaches from your uterine wall. This is a medical emergency requiring ...

Doctors told her she had experienced a placental abruption, an extremely dangerous condition in which the placenta separates from the wall of the uterus before birth. But instead of receiving ...

The woman went to St. Joseph Warren Hospital and was told she had a condition called placental abruption ... was never told what her fetal remains would look like or how to dispose of them ...

Background: Efforts to elucidate risk factors for placental abruption are imperative due to the severity of complications it produces for both mother and fetus, and its contribution to preterm birth.

Fetal movements were normal. The patient had had 2 previous emergency cesarean sections at 26 and 30 weeks, respectively, as a result of placental abruption. In the current pregnancy, there were ...