Rupture of umbilical cord at birth: an unusual case of acute neonatal haemorrhage

Abstract

A 43-year-old eleventh gravida was admitted to the Maternal Infant Department at 41 weeks of gestational age for polyhydramnios.The course of the pregnancy was normal till the 30 weeks of gestational age. Afterwards the women underwent therapy with antithrombotic for the venous stagnation in the legs and with antibiotics for urinary tract infection.