Placenta, Retained
"Placenta, Retained" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A placenta that fails to be expelled after BIRTH of the FETUS. A PLACENTA is retained when the UTERUS fails to contract after the delivery of its content, or when the placenta is abnormally attached to the MYOMETRIUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D018457
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.703.590.767
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| Concept/Terms |
Placenta, Retained- Placenta, Retained
- Placentas, Retained
- Retained Placentas
- Retained Placenta
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Placenta, Retained" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Cummings K, Doherty DA, Magann EF, Wendel PJ, Morrison JC. Timing of manual placenta removal to prevent postpartum hemorrhage: is it time to act? J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Dec; 29(24):3930-3.