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Descriptor English: Vasa Previa
Descriptor Spanish: Vasa Previa
Descriptor vasa previa
Scope note: Complicación del embarazo en la que los vasos sanguíneos fetales, normalmente dentro del cordón umbilical, quedan desprotegidos y cruzan las MEMBRANAS FETALES. Se asocia con hemorragia antes del parto y MUERTE FETAL y alumbramiento de MORTINATOS, debidos a la pérdida de  sangre. 
Descriptor Portuguese: Vasa Previa
Descriptor French: Vasa praevia
Entry term(s): Praevia, Vasa
Praevias, Vasa
Previa, Vasa
Previas, Vasa
Vasa Praevia
Vasa Praevias
Vasa Previas
Tree number(s): C12.050.703.420.952
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055949
Scope note: Pregnancy complication where fetal blood vessels, normally inside the umbilical cord, are left unprotected and cross FETAL MEMBRANES. It is associated with antepartum bleeding and FETAL DEATH and STILLBIRTH due to exsanguination.
Annotation: check the tags FEMALE and 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 Previa (1968-2009)
Pregnancy Complications (1963-2009)
Umbilical Cord (1951-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
DeCS ID: 53534
Unique ID: D055949
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2009/07/17
Vasa Previa - Preferred
Concept UI M0523371
Scope note Pregnancy complication where fetal blood vessels, normally inside the umbilical cord, are left unprotected and cross FETAL MEMBRANES. It is associated with antepartum bleeding and FETAL DEATH and STILLBIRTH due to exsanguination.
Preferred term Vasa Previa
Entry term(s) Praevia, Vasa
Praevias, Vasa
Previa, Vasa
Previas, Vasa
Vasa Praevia
Vasa Praevias
Vasa Previas



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