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NSD: normal spontaneous delivery (see childbirth) NSE: neurospecific enolase: NSIP: Non-specific interstitial pneumonia: NSR: normal sinus rhythm: NST: non-stress test (see cardiotocograph) NSTEMI: non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: NSU: nonspecific urethritis: NSVD: normal spontaneous vaginal delivery NT: not tested nontender nuchal ...
A spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) occurs when a pregnant woman goes into labor without the use of drugs or techniques to induce labor and delivers their baby without forceps, vacuum extraction, or a cesarean section. [1] An induced vaginal delivery is a delivery involving labor induction, where drugs or manual techniques are used to initiate ...
Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion, is an end to pregnancy resulting in the loss and expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the womb before it can survive independently. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Miscarriage before 6 weeks of gestation is defined as biochemical loss by ESHRE .
“Gravidity” is an important component of a patient’s reproductive history, as it provides insight into the risk factors that the patient has for pregnancy outcomes, such as risk for gestational diabetes, pre-ecclampsia, spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, and more. [5]
Prognosis (Greek: πρόγνωσις "fore-knowing, foreseeing"; pl.: prognoses) is a medical term for predicting the likelihood or expected development of a disease, including whether the signs and symptoms will improve or worsen (and how quickly) or remain stable over time; expectations of quality of life, such as the ability to carry out daily activities; the potential for complications and ...
Newborn infant with Rhesus disease, a type of hemolytic disease of the newborn, suffering from hydrops fetalis.The infant did not survive. [4]Hydrops fetalis usually stems from fetal anemia, when the heart needs to pump a much greater volume of blood to deliver the same amount of oxygen.
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The estimated date of delivery (EDD), also known as expected date of confinement, [1] and estimated due date or simply due date, is a term describing the estimated delivery date for a pregnant woman. [2] Normal pregnancies last between 38 and 42 weeks. [3] Children are delivered on their expected due date about 4% of the time. [4]