The umbilical cord delivers vital nutrients from your body to your baby, and ferries away the waste your baby produces. It ...

Single-artery umbilical cord problems only happen in around 1% of pregnancies, although the risk increases to 5% for twin pregnancies. A lack of one vessel is called a two-vessel cord. This ...

The umbilical vein carries oxygen-rich blood to the baby. The umbilical arteries carry oxygen-poor blood away from the fetus and to the placenta. ... Single umbilical artery (SUA),two vessel cord.

Umbilical cord blood gas casebook: interpreting umbilical cord blood gases, Part V. J Perinatol 1999;19:466–467. Article CAS Google Scholar Pomerance JJ .

The Umbilical Vessel Catheters Market (UVCs) are medical devices used in neonatal care to provide access to the circulatory system of newborns through the umbilical vessels. The umbilical cord, which ...

Velamentous cord insertion can cause vasa previa, which means the unprotected blood vessels lie between the baby and the mother's birth canal. When labor begins, the blood vessels may break ...

Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET on October 17, 2022. In the fall of 1988, Matthew Farrow, a 5-year-old boy with a rare blood disorder, received the world’s first transplant of umbilical-cord blood from ...

Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, ... Complex blood vessel nets could be 3D printed for artificial organs. News.

Umbilical cord blood contains proteins that could help clinicians identify infants that are at risk of premature birth, ... There were higher levels of proteins that are found in the extracellular ...