Re: Prolapsed cord

From: RModugno@aol.com
Tue Feb 28 15:44:12 2006


In a message dated 2/28/2006 10:56:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ainsron@sbcglobal.net writes:

I use the same terms differently in different circumstances. For example, when I do early sonograms for dating, if I see a heart beat, I dictate or write "viable" IUP, meaning it is a living fetus, not that it has a chance of living if delivered at that time. If I have a patient come in at 21 weeks in preterm labor, I would use the term "previable" to describe the fetus, even though it is certainly living in utero.

Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD, FACOG

Apparently not entirely correct, Ron. Webster's dictionary says:

capable of living; especially : capable of surviving outside the mother's womb without artificial support <the normal human fetus is usually viable by the end of the seventh month.

Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG Marietta, GA





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