During gestation, the fetus floats in a protective pool of amniotic fluid. 6 The yellowish liquid contains a concoction of nutrients and antibodies produced by the parent as well as less glamorous ...

He subsequently revealed to Fox 11 Los Angeles that the cause of death was amniotic fluid embolism (AFE), a rare and often fatal complication that is one of the leading causes of death during and ...

Eventually the free edges of the folds fuse and completely enclose the body of the embryo in the amniotic cavity. When the amniotic folds fuse, the two membranes are formed, with the amnion next to ...

different echogenicties in the “cervix”, increased bladder-to-amniotic cavity distance, and “internal os” cephalad to the inferior edge of the bladder reflection (Figure 1). PDLUS precludes accurate ...