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  • Title: Placental abruption and placental hemorrhage: correlation of sonographic findings with fetal outcome.
    Author: Nyberg DA, Mack LA, Benedetti TJ, Cyr DR, Schuman WP.
    Journal: Radiology; 1987 Aug; 164(2):357-61. PubMed ID: 3299486.
    Abstract:
    Sixty-nine cases of placental abruption and placental hemorrhage detected with ultrasonography (US) were reviewed retrospectively to determine whether US findings correlate with fetal outcome. Four patients were lost to follow-up, and in the remaining 65 patients fetal outcome included demise in 12 cases (18%), termination of pregnancy in six (9%), premature delivery of a living infant in 15 (23%), term delivery of an infant who was small for gestational age in four (6%), and normal term delivery in 28 (43%). Fetal mortality correlated best with the estimated percentage of placental detachment, but was also significantly (P less than .01) associated with the location (retroplacental) and size (greater than 60 ml) of hemorrhage. Premature labor was associated (P less than .001) only with gestational age at the time of clinical presentation. No sonographic finding was identified as a risk factor for small-for-gestational-age infants. Sonographic findings of placental abruption correlate with fetal outcome, and this information may be useful for guiding obstetric management.
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