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Poster Session IV In our tertiary center maternal outcomes were similar in unscheduled and scheduled cases.
ajog.org CONCLUSION: In this large prospective cohort, abnormal placental
cord insertions were significantly associated with an increased risk of SGA and low birthweight infants.
728 The South Carolina centering pregnancy expansion project: improving racial disparities in preterm birth 727 Abnormal placental cord insertion and adverse pregnancy outcomes: results from a prospective cohort study Khadijah I. Ismail1, Ailish Hannigan2, Peter Kelehan3, Keelin O’Donoghue4, Amanda Cotter1 1 Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, 2Biomedical Statitstics, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, 3Pathology, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 4Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University College Cork, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland
OBJECTIVE: To prospectively examine the association of abnormal placental cord insertion (PCI) and adverse pregnancy outcomes in singleton pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN: This prospective cohort study examined 1005 placentas from consecutively delivered singleton pregnancies in a tertiary center. All the placentas were examined, blinded to the pregnancy outcomes, following delivery according to a defined protocol. Standardised images of each placenta were taken for measurements. Distance of PCI to the placental margin was measured digitally using ImageJ software. PCIs were categorised as central/eccentric (>2cm from placental margin), marginal (
