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Descriptor English: Placenta, Retained
Descriptor Spanish: Retención de la Placenta
Descriptor retención de la placenta
Entry term(s) placenta incarcerada
placenta retenida
Scope note: Placenta adherente o incarcerada por contracciones uterinas irregulares, y que, como consecuencia, no llega a ser expulsada después del parto. (Dorland, 28.a ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Placenta Retida
Descriptor French: Rétention placentaire
Entry term(s): Placentas, Retained
Retained Placenta
Retained Placentas
Tree number(s): C12.050.703.590.767
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018457
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Placenta (1966-1994)
Placenta Diseases (1970-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32085
Unique ID: D018457
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Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/16
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Placenta, Retained - Preferred
Concept UI M0027693
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Placenta, Retained
Entry term(s) Placentas, Retained
Retained Placenta
Retained Placentas



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