title: Immediate information expected by the neonatologist from the placenta.
abstract: As the obstetrician attends to the mother and the pediatrician to the child, the placenta often tends to be ignored. Nevertheless, essential anamnestic information about the condition of a newborn infant, and especially of a premature, can be gained from careful scrutiny of the placenta and fetal membranes. This paper emphasizes the importance of gross examination of the placenta and membranes as a source of immediate information to the pediatrician within the delivery room.
mesh_terms: D000037:Abruptio Placentae / Q000473:pathology; D001724:Birth Weight; D005321:Extraembryonic Membranes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D009929:Organ Size; D010920:Placenta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010927:Placental Insufficiency / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000473:pathology