Ahmed Baker A Alshaikh
Associated Professor and Consultant obstetrics and gynecology. College of medicine. Jouf University, KSA
Publications
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Review
UPDATES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PLACENTAL ABRUPTION AND ASSOCIATED ANXIETY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Author(s): Ahmed Baker A Alshaikh*, Fawaz E Edris, Farah Turki Mazen Alfuhigi, Wala Khaled Aif Alruwaili, Rawan Ghazi Alsharari, Razan Ghazi Alsharari, Norah Ahmad Monawer Alsayer and Hana Nasser Alkhalifah
Objectives: To review the published literature on the management (diagnosis and treatment) of placental abruption (PA). Methods: We conducted a thorough search of PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and Google Scholar to find pertinent literature. Rayyan QRCI was utilized during the entire process. Results: We included eight studies with a total of 1920 participants. One study stated that ultrasound was reported as the only method of diagnosis and confirmatory for PA while another reported that sonography is not sensitive enough to confirm PA. Two other studies demonstrated that MRI and CT are the confirmatory methods for PA diagnosis. Prompt delivery in PA cases may have saved the life of just one fetus. CS delivery was documented in five studies and ranged from 84.6% to 43.3%. Bleeding during delivery was considerabl.. Read More»