Sentences with phrase «with fetal abnormalities»

Low amniotic fluid is more common when women go past their due date because the fluid level decreases by close to half by the 42nd week, but it can also be associated with fetal abnormalities and birth defects if low fluid is detected during the first or second trimesters.

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The bill makes some exceptions for fetal abnormalities «incompatible with life,» threats to the life of the pregnant woman, and survivors of rape and incest who report the crimes perpetrated against them within 45 and 140 days, respectively.

One researcher notes that the supine position (lying on the back) may contribute significantly to hypotension and FHR abnormalities when an epidural is in place.73 Another found that the supine position (plus epidural) was associated with a significant decrease in the oxygen supply to the baby's brain (fetal cerebral oxygenation).74

What is most unsettling is that many of the heart rate abnormalities are easily resolved with simple measures such as position changes, which the mother is hindered from doing while attached to the electronic fetal monitor.

However, the most common sign indicative of uterine rupture is fetal heart rate abnormality, which has been associated with up to 70 % of cases of uterine ruptures.

The sonographer will also see and evaluate fetal face, fetal spine, amniotic fluid, placenta appearance, and uterus along with surrounding areas to identify any abnormalities.

Microcephaly is rare — occurring in 6 out of 10,000 live births in the U.S. — but suddenly there were reports of thousands of women in Brazil giving birth to babies with the birth defect, other severe fetal abnormalities or Guillain - Barre syndrome, a nervous system disorder.

A new study performed in the Netherlands has linked exposure to residential air pollution during fetal life with brain abnormalities that may contribute to impaired cognitive function in school - age children.

Of 22 subjects with congenital infection, 11 with ultrasound fetal abnormalities were symptomatic.

UCLA - led researchers have found that Zika viral load and the degree of Zika symptoms during pregnancy were not necessarily associated with problems during pregnancy or fetal abnormalities at birth.

One theory of autistic savantism suggests that during fetal development or early in life, some developmental abnormality affects the brain's left side, resulting in the difficulties that many autistic people have with words and social interaction, functions typically processed by the left hemisphere.

«Studies of fetuses and babies with the telltale small brains and heads of microcephaly in Zika - affected areas have found abnormalities in the cortex, and Zika virus has been found in the fetal tissue,» says Guo - li Ming, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of neurology, neuroscience, and psychiatry and behavioral science at Johns Hopkins» Institute for Cell Engineering.

After initially applying the genomic SNP chromosomal microarray only in fetuses with ultrasound abnormalities, since July 2012, we routinely performed the SNP array also in cases without fetal ultrasound anomalies where invasive prenatal diagnosis was indicated.

Similarly, fetal limb deformities, such as structural abnormalities of the fingers and toes (clinodactyly, polydactyly, etc.), are relatively frequent ultrasonographic findings and are also associated with a variety of syndromic and non-syndromic genetic disorders (Warman et al., 2011; Porter & Herman, 2011).

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is an umbrella term that includes fetal alcohol syndrome — which can be fatal, or cause serious problems with learning and behavior, stunted growth and facial abnormaliFetal alcohol spectrum disorder is an umbrella term that includes fetal alcohol syndrome — which can be fatal, or cause serious problems with learning and behavior, stunted growth and facial abnormalifetal alcohol syndrome — which can be fatal, or cause serious problems with learning and behavior, stunted growth and facial abnormalities.

Charlton's team excluded any infants with defects caused by known factors, such as fetal alcohol syndrome or chromosomal abnormalities.

Accurate dating of the pregnancy Early diagnosis of many major fetal abnormalities The detection of multiple pregnancies with.

«Both have been associated with liver damage, fetal abnormalities, and metabolic stress and have a questionable relationship to cancer.»

alcohol - related birth defects (ARBD) A term coined by the Institute of Medicine in 1996 that is used to describe a type of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) affecting individuals with confirmed maternal alcohol use and one or more congenital defects, including heart, bone, kidney, vision, or hearing abnormalities.

When faced with a dangerous virus that can be sexually transmitted and cause significant fetal abnormalities, it should be common sense to invest in more family planning, not less.