Question 1

what are the symptoms of placenta infarction?

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HTN, FGR, oligo.: Placental infarction is a pathologically determined diagnosis that underlies a multitude of adverse perinatal outcomes such as fetal growth restriction, oligohydramnios, placental failure, preeclampsia/hypertension and placental abruption. It has symptoms of preeclampsia, small uterus and stillbirth.

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: placenta infarction?

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Death of placnt. seg: When an area which is fed by a set of blood vessels loses that blood supply it dies.  In the absence of infection this tissue will eventually degenerate and be replaced by scar tissue, so it is easy to identify after delivey when looking at the placenta.

Question 3

what is the treatment for placenta infarction?

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Here are my thoughts: Placental infarcts, if they occur in an ongoing pregnancy, would lead me to have concern for the well being of the fetus. So addressing the underlying disease that caused the infarcts is important. In addition testing of the fetus for its well being should occur. I might also treat the mom so that the fetus received the best placental function possible, examples: rest, hydration & possibly oxygen.

Question 4

is it possible for you to see a placental infarction on an ultrasound?

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Difficult to see: Most placental infacts are difficult to see on ultrasound.Sometimes they may be seen as a hypoechoic region affecting the placenta.

Question 5

what is the definition or description of: infarction?

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Death from no blood: When the blood supply of a tissue is compromised by whatever mechanism, the tissue will stop working and if blood flow is not restored, the tissue will eventually die ("infarct", both verb and noun). The clinical picture that runs with development of an infarct ("heart attack"; "stroke") is called "infarction".

Question 6

what are the differences between infarction and gangrene?

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Good  question: When blood supply is interrupted the  segment tissue that receives blood will die scar tissue will fill the gap as seen in heart attach myocardial infraction. ( heart attack ) , in gangrene initial stages same tissue necrosis or death tissue occurs , then get infected as seen in lower extremities and bowel etc.

Question 7

what is cardiac infarction?

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Heart attack: It's another term for heart attack.  Nothing else.

Question 8

what is a renal infarction?

Accepted Answer

Kidney death: If the blood supply to the kidney is blocked or damaged (by clot or trauma), kidney tissue dies.  Renal infarction can involve some or all of 1 or both kidneys.  Since the kidneys are a vital organ and they don't regenerate if dead (they can recover from acute tubular necrosis, a separate condition) this is potentially very serious and warrants specialty evaluation/care.

Question 9

what is mycocardial infarction?

Accepted Answer

MI: MI is the medical term that people commonly call "a heart attack". It is injury and cellular death of heart muscle tissue due to lack of circulation.

Question 10

do a lot of people get renal infarction?

Accepted Answer

Rare event: Renal infarction is the term for loss of blood supply to all or a portion of the kidney which then dies. It is not a common event. It can be caused by atherosclerosis or more rarely, by blood clots lodging in the renal arteries. It can be a consequence of surgery on the abdominal aorta.

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