Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

apresentação cefálica

English translation:

cephalic presentation

Added to glossary by Joao Andre Madeira
Aug 24, 2011 23:08
12 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

apresentação cefálica

Portuguese to English Medical Medical (general)
Foram selecionadas 184 pacientes desse grupo, que apresentavam os seguintes critérios de inclusão: nulíparas, gestação a termo, feto único, apresentação cefálica, membranas íntegras e índice de Bishop ≤ 3.

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cephalic presentation

I don't know if there's any other way of saying it.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalic_presentation

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Note added at 8 mins (2011-08-24 23:17:25 GMT)
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It is the normal presentation; as the article says, all other presentations are abnormal.
Peer comment(s):

agree Adriana Martins Vieira Querino : Cephalic (head-first) presentation
2 mins
Thanks, Adriana!
agree Margarida Ataide
1 day 12 hrs
Thanks!
agree Emma Cox : Yep - know all about this from bitter experience!!
1 day 19 hrs
Thanks, Emma!
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Vertex presentation

"to assess the obstetric and perinatal outcomes in cases of term newborns in breech presentation, in patients with previous vaginal deliveries, comparing them to term newborns in vertex presentation. "
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100...

http://www.rbaonline.com.br/files/rba/mar98099.pdf

"Forty term pregnant patients, physical status ASA I, with a single fetus in vertex presentation, undergoing elective Cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia were studied. Patients were acutely preloaded with 500 ml of 5% dextrose....."
http://www.clasa-anestesia.org/revistas/brasil/HTML/BraDeslo...
Peer comment(s):

neutral Muriel Vasconcellos : All your references are translations.
1 day 1 hr
disagree Emma Cox : Just to clarify, vertex presentation is one type of cephalic presentation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalic_presentation
1 day 7 hrs
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