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Re: cord prolapse / Foley & bladder distention (was Em Anes for From: Bernard Cristalli (bcrist@club-internet.fr) Fri Mar 26 00:00:06 1999 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Tonya Von Brooks, CPM: "Re: ?? Elective Episiotomy" Previous message: Malcolm Griffiths: "Complaint (was: BMJ -- 318 (7187): 0)" Maybe in reply to: Faith Gibson: "cord prolapse / Foley & bladder distention (was Em Anes for" Next in thread: Tonya Von Brooks, CPM: "Re: cord prolapse / Foley & bladder distention (was Em Anes for" The bladder works as a cushion that deadens the pressure on the cord. Imagine you walk on a garden hose, if you do it on the cement it stops the water, if it's in the sand the water still flows. This procedure takes 3 minutes (assuming you've got a Foley cath, sterile water an a suitable syringe) and it frees one person. -- Jane Helwig, MD wrote: > ...Faith and Bernard, > > I did not think of this approach and haven't tried it. I guess that if the > cord is being compressed between the symphysis and the baby's head, distending > the bladder would be helpful. How would a distended bladder help if the cord > were anywhere else? > > Jane > > -- > Jane Helwig, MD > Private practice > Nassawadox, VA -- Bernard Cristalli MD CNGOF AIHP - ACCA Paris - France http://www.obgyn.net/corresp/cristalli.htm http://www.cliniquedelessonne.fr/ Next message: Tonya Von Brooks, CPM: "Re: ?? Elective Episiotomy" Previous message: Malcolm Griffiths: "Complaint (was: BMJ -- 318 (7187): 0)" Maybe in reply to: Faith Gibson: "cord prolapse / Foley & bladder distention (was Em Anes for" Next in thread: Tonya Von Brooks, CPM: "Re: cord prolapse / Foley & bladder distention (was Em Anes for"

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