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#Injury to the belly area (abdomen) from a fall, hit to the abdomen, or automobile accident | #Injury to the belly area (abdomen) from a fall, hit to the abdomen, or automobile accident | ||
#Sudden loss of uterine volume (can occur with rapid loss of amniotic fluid or after a first twin is delivered) | #Sudden loss of uterine volume (can occur with rapid loss of amniotic fluid or after a first twin is delivered) | ||
<ref> Hull AD, Resnik R, Silver RM. Placenta previa and accreta, vasa previa, subchorionic hemorrhage, and abruptio placentae. In: Resnik R, Lockwood CJ, Moore TR, Greene MF, Copel JA, Silver RM, eds. Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2019:chap 46. </ref> | |||
Revision as of 15:57, 19 June 2020
Causes
- The exact cause of a placental abruption may be hard to determine,But some factors may raise a woman's risk for it:
- History of placental abruption in previous pregnancy
- Long-term high blood pressure
- Sudden high blood pressure in pregnant women who had normal blood pressure in the past
- Heart disease
- Smoking
- drugs like Alcohol or cocaine use
- twins pregnancy or more
- Being older than 35
- Direct causes are rare, but include:
- Injury to the belly area (abdomen) from a fall, hit to the abdomen, or automobile accident
- Sudden loss of uterine volume (can occur with rapid loss of amniotic fluid or after a first twin is delivered)
- ↑ Hull AD, Resnik R, Silver RM. Placenta previa and accreta, vasa previa, subchorionic hemorrhage, and abruptio placentae. In: Resnik R, Lockwood CJ, Moore TR, Greene MF, Copel JA, Silver RM, eds. Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2019:chap 46.