Re: Assault on mother at term, survival chances for fetus
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Thu Mar 10 12:58:22 2005
i second that emotion - optimal time for delivery - under 5 mins after
cardiac arrest.
art
At Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Yankowitz, Jerome wrote:
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>Laurel I'd like to just answer your question but the reality is that one of my fantasies is to have at least a part-time job consulting for the film and/or TV industry. Don't you need more input than just one question? Don't you need someone to get paid and hang around the set?
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>Oh well.....If the women's heart stops you have at most 10 minutes (and probably much less) before the fetus will die or suffer severe consequences like mental retardation, kidney failure, liver failure. If you want a healthy baby for the picture she either has to stay alive for awhile but be unconscious or get delivered really soon--I would suggest under 5 minutes.
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>> Jerome Yankowitz, MD
>> Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>> and Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Unit
>> Dept of OB/GYN
>> Univ of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
>> Telephone: 319-356-2574
>> Fax No: 319-353-6759
>>
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>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:26 PM
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>> Subject: Assault on mother at term, survival chances for fetus
>>
>> Hello Doctors,
>>
>> Every now and then I receive some interesting questions that we post
>> here for you to answer if you wish... well, I think you'll agree that
>> this one takes the cake. Please post your answers on the forum and I
>> will then relay back or, you can answer Laurel directly via email to her
>> at lrmeyer11@yahoo.com
>>
>> Hi my name is Laurel and I work for Marathon Pictures out of Burbank,
>> CA. I have a OBGYN question for an upcoming film that I cannot find
>> answers to on the net. Hopefully you can help or point me in a
>> direction. Question- If a women is at term for delivery-like in a few
>> days- and she gets stabbed or tries to commit suicide-how long can the
>> baby survive without damage before it must be delivered?
>>
>> Weird question I know but we want to make sure the character is
>> accurate. Please let me know any information you can provide.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Laurel Ripley
>> Marathon Pictures
>>
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>> Lea Harth
>> Managing Editor,Project Manager
>> OBGYN.net
>> lea@obgyn.net
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art fougner, md
"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
Lawrence Peter Berra
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