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Umbilical cord prolapse is an obstetric emergency in which the umbilical cord descends through the cervix alongside (occult) or past (overt) the presenting part of the baby. Pressure on, or spasm of, the umbilical cord impairs the flow of blood between the placenta and fetus, leading to fetal hypoxia.

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  1. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Angela Yan & Patrick O’Brien

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

    Pervez Sultan

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  2. Pervez Sultan
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Correspondence to Patrick O’Brien .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Women’s Wellness and Research Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Roshan Fernando

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Pervez Sultan

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, UK

    Sioned Phillips

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Yan, A., Sultan, P., O’Brien, P. (2022). Umbilical Cord Prolapse. In: Fernando, R., Sultan, P., Phillips, S. (eds) Quick Hits in Obstetric Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72487-0_18

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