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cephalopelvic disproportion
Etiology:
- large baby due to:
- hereditary factors
- diabetes
- postmaturity
- multiparity
- abnormal fetal positions
- small Pelvis
- abnormally shaped pelvis
Epidemiology:
- 1 in 250 pregnancies
- 65 % of women diagnosed with cephalopelvic disproportion are able to deliver vaginally in subsequent pregnancies
Pathology:
- occurs when a baby's head or body is too large to fit through the mother's pelvis
Special laboratory:
- ultrasound used to estimate fetal size
Management:
- C-section
General
fetal-maternal disproportion; fetal-pelvic disproportion; cephalopelvic disproportion
References
- Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD)
http://www.americanpregnancy.org/labornbirth/cephalopelvicdisproportion.html
- Wikipedia: Cephalopelvic disproportion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopelvic_disproportion