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Re: A cord in the hand ... was umbilical cord hematoma From: Kathi Wilson (wilsonk@gtn.on.ca) Mon Sep 11 06:43:13 2000 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: Urogenital fistula" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: Interesting pelvic mass" Maybe in reply to: Joanne Bulley: "A cord in the hand ... was umbilical cord hematoma" "D. Ashley Hill, MD" wrote: > I had the exact same situation, except a vacuum assisted delivery > produced a baby tightly holding the cord. It makes me wonder how many > stillbirths, or cases of cerebral palsy, are due to acute but prolonged > cord compression. If anyone could prove this is a common antepartum > event it would scare the hell out of pregnant women and their spouses, > and perhaps scare malpractice lawyers even more. I did stumble across a case study a few years ago, in doing a paper on the umbilical cord (fascinating thing, that), which demonstrated a fetus w/ repeated variables. On ultrasound it was determined that the kid was hanging onto its cord and compressing it periodically. The authors used VAST to startle the little sucker and make it let go! -- Kathi Wilson, RM Ilderton, Ontario, Canada mailto:wilsonk@gtn.on.ca ********************** Thames Valley Midwives 346 Platts Lane, London, Ontario, Canada http://tvm.on.ca mailto:info@tvm.on.ca Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: Urogenital fistula" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: Interesting pelvic mass" Maybe in reply to: Joanne Bulley: "A cord in the hand ... was umbilical cord hematoma"

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