title: Effect of cord entanglement on pregnancy outcome.
abstract: The incidence of umbilical cord entanglement from this study is 20.4%. The mean Apgar score was lower and the mean duration of labor longer in the tightly cord-entangled (TCE) infants compared to the loosely cord-entangled (LCE) group. However, no difference occurred in birthweight and placental weight between the two groups. Perinatal mortality was higher (42.9/1000) compared to the overall study group (20.4/1000). Cord entanglement had no relationship to parity but was more prevalent in male babies than in females.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Iyi-Enu Hospital, Onitsha, Nigeria.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Adinma
mesh_terms: D001034:Apgar Score; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014470:Umbilical Cord