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Leopold's maneuvers. In obstetrics, Leopold maneuvers are a common and systematic way to determine the position of a fetus inside the woman's uterus. They are named after the gynecologist Christian Gerhard Leopold. They are also used to estimate term fetal weight. [1] The maneuvers consist of four distinct actions, each helping to determine the ...
Barlow's maneuver: Thomas Geoffrey Barlow, English Pediatric Orthopedist, (1915–1975) paediatrics, orthopaedic surgery: hip dysplasia: dislocation on adduction of hip Bart hemoglobin: Barts Hospital: Obstetrics, pathology: indicates a specific cause of death in some stillborns
Leopold's maneuvers may find the fetus in an oblique or breech position or lying transverse as a result of the abnormal position of the placenta. Malpresentation is found in about 35% cases. [ 20 ] Vaginal examination is avoided in known cases of placenta previa.
A resuscitative hysterotomy, also referred to as a perimortem Caesarean section (PMCS) or perimortem Caesarean delivery (PMCD), is a hysterotomy performed to resuscitate a woman in middle to late pregnancy who has entered cardiac arrest. [1]
Christian Gerhard Leopold (24 February 1846 – 12 September 1911) was a German gynecologist born in Meerane, Saxony. In 1870 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Leipzig , where he studied under Carl Siegmund Franz Credé (1819-1892), who would later become his father-in-law.
A Missouri woman who admitted to killing her husband because she couldn’t afford to divorce him has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. On Monday, Jan. 27, Melanie Biggins, 42, pleaded guilty ...
Israel’s military chief told troops on Wednesday that its airstrikes in Lebanon were aiming to destroy Hezbollah’s infrastructure and to pave the way for a possible ground incursion by Israeli ...
Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of James Joyce's Ulysses; Leopold "Leo" Fitz, on the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Leopold "Butters" Stotch, on the television series South Park; General Leopold von Flockenstuffen, on the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! Leopold the Cat, the protagonist of a Soviet/Russian animated short film series