BIOL30001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Fetus, Vaginal Bleeding, Miscarriage
13 Aug 2018
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L33: pregnancy and pregnancy complications an overview of clinical care. When this goes wrong this leads to pregnancy complications clinical aspect of this the placenta aggressivley invades and remodels the spiral arterioles of mum. When this goes wrong there are increased risk. Miscarriage (spontaneous abortions) overview of the major complications we will look at divide comlications to early and later pregnancy. When the pregnancy stops that happens in the first trimester happens often compared to other species occurs in 10-15% of clinically recognised pregnancies one of the most common complications. 50% is where there is chromosomal errors and stops growing. Human pregnancy crude map of incidence of all this. Miscarriage is higher in early pregnancy and drops rapidly structural anomalies is either there or isn"t. 9-15% incidence drops rapidly with each week ectopic sits at 1-2% which is a continual risk down syndrome is incidence of 1 in 600 a rough incidence of these complications.
