CPM Certified Professional Midwife

Category - Labor, Birth, and Immediate Postpartum

When the placenta is implanted partially or completely in the lower uterine segment, it is called placenta previa. Which one of the following is a complication of placenta previa?
  1. Premature labor
  2. Malpresentation
  3. Embolism
  4. All of the above
Explanation
Answer: D - All of the above

Potential complications of placenta previa include:
1) Malpresentation
2) Premature labor
3) Antipartum hemmorhage (APH)
4) Cord prolapse
5) Slow dilation of the cervix
6) Intrapartum hemorrhage
7) Postpartum hemorrhage
8) Embolism
9) Subinvolution
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