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Compression of umbilical cord

Known as: Umbilical Cord Compression, cord compression 
A situation in utero, when there is increased pressure on the umbilical cord, which constricts blood supply to the fetus.(NICHD)
National Institutes of Health

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CompressionPerinatal TerminologyTamponade - actionUmbilical Cord True Knot

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Congenital Abnormality

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2003
2003
Enhanced Umbilical Blood Flow During Acute Hypoxemia After Chronic Umbilical Cord Compression A Role for Nitric Oxide
Background The continuing incidence of intrapartum morbidity may be partly due to antenatal compromise, which influences the… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Amnioinfusion for umbilical cord compression in labour.
BACKGROUND Amnioinfusion aims to prevent or relieve umbilical cord compression during labour by infusing a solution into the… 
1993
1993
Presented by invitation at the Fifty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological Society Ojai, California, October 11-18, 1992.
1991
1991
Effect of graded umbilical cord compression in fetal sheep at 0.6-0.7 gestation.
To define responses of immature fetuses to asphyxia, we occluded the umbilical cord of 11 chronically instrumented fetal sheep at… 
1989
1989
Effect of Acute Umbilical Cord Compression on Hepatic Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Fetal Lamb
ABSTRACT: Although the liver plays a central role in glucose homeostasis in the adult, its importance in fetal glucose… 
1987
1987
Umbilical cord compression produces pulmonary hypertension in newborn lambs: a model to study the pathophysiology of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn.
We investigated the effects of chronic intrauterine hypoxaemia produced by prolonged partial umbilical cord compression on the… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Pregnancy events and brain damage
1983
1983
Maternal and fetal cardiovascular indices during fetal hypoxia due to cord compression in chronically cannulated sheep. II. Responses to promazine.
Review
1975
Review
1975
"Mixed cord compression," fetal heart rate pattern, and its relation to abnormal cordposition.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Improved prognosis for infants of very low birthweight.
Following the introduction of a program of intensive care for infants of very low birthweight, 197 infants who weighed 1,500 gm… 
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