Objective: To describe the nationwide prevalence of placenta accreta and to quantify its
impact on maternal morbidity. Methods: Using discharge data for public hospitals in Ireland …

Pathologic examination of the placenta can provide insight into likely (and unlikely) causes
of antepartum and intrapartum events, diagnoses with urgent clinical relevance, prognostic …

Objective To determine risk factors for retained placenta, and to identify supporting
epidemiologic evidence for the three previously-proposed mechanisms:(i) invasive …

Placental pathology is a valuable link explaining how underlying pregnancy risk factors
result in adverse pregnancy outcome. This potentially useful information is currently …

Despite advances over the past 25 years in the monitoring of in utero fetal status, the gravid
uterus remains a “black box” integrating underlying genetic risk factors, preexisting maternal …

Objective Women who have experienced a placental abruption have a risk of recurrence,
but exact information to quantify this risk is currently not available. We studied the incidence …

Objectives Spontaneous preterm labor is an obstetrical syndrome accounting for
approximately 65–70% of preterm births, the latter being the most frequent cause of …

A 32-year-old woman, G2P1001, at 39 weeks of gestation undergoes labor induction and
vaginal delivery of a vigorous neonate. Her pregnancy was complicated by gestational …

This review considers six main situations in which pathologists are expected to report and
interpret placental messages for obstetricians, neonatologists and, indirectly, parents:(1) …

Background. To study the risk factors of placental abruption during the index pregnancy.
Methods. One hundred and ninety-eight women with placental abruption and 396 control …